East Providence

The body of a man was found floating in a river in East Providence, Rhode Island, Thursday night, according to NBC affiliate WJAR. The body, which had been in the water for a while, was discovered behind a bike path on Kettle Point Avenue, WJAR reported, citing police. It wasn’t immediately known if foul play was suspected in his...

A woman was injured this week when a car wash brush crashed through her windshield in East Providence, Rhode Island. East Providence police tell NBC10 Boston affiliate WJAR that a woman was going through a car wash at the Shell Station on Pawtucket Avenue when a large spinning brush came through her windshield, continuing to spin. The woman was taken…

An East Providence High School student was stabbed by another student Thursday afternoon, prompting a campus lockdown. A 17-year-old boy stabbed a 16-year-old boy in one of the school’s bathrooms, East Providence Police Chief Christopher Francesconi said at a press conference. The student who was stabbed was treated at the scene and then taken to Hasbro Children’s Hospital where...

A fire broke out early Wednesday morning at a home in East Providence, Rhode Island, and someone had to be hospitalized as a result, according to NBC affiliate WJAR-TV. Firefighters rushed to the scene on Beaver Road at around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, the news outlet reported, which was told by officials that the person rescued was found unconscious. It...

Two brothers from Pawtucket, Rhode Island, were driving Friday night when their car was involved in a crash in East Providence, leaving one of them dead and the other critically injured. The driver of the other car was also injured. East providence police say they responded just before 8 p.m. to reports of a serious motor vehicle crash on Pawtucket…

A Rhode Island woman died Saturday night when her car hit a telephone pole in East Providence. Police responded to the crash near Pleasant Street and Pawtucket Avenue around 10:30 p.m. and found a badly-damaged car wrapped around a telephone pole, according to NBC10 Boston affiliate WJAR. The driver and lone occupant died from her injuries, police said. She has…