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“Please keep this family, our students, and our entire Uxbridge community in your thoughts during this incredibly difficult time.”
A 15-year-old Uxbridge High School student died in a car crash on Saturday, officials announced.
Uxbridge police responded to a report of a motor vehicle crash at 685 Chocolog Road Saturday night, the Uxbridge Police Department said in a press release.
A Ford Focus with three occupants had left the roadway and struck a utility pole, police said.
A 15-year-old occupant of the car, whose identity had not been released as of Sunday afternoon, was ejected from the vehicle and later pronounced dead at Rhode Island Hospital, police said. Uxbridge police did not release information about the other occupants.
“It is with profound sadness that I share that our school community has lost a student at Uxbridge High School following a single-vehicle crash on Saturday evening,” Superintendent of Uxbridge Public Schools Dave Ljungberg said in an online message to the school community. “Our district crisis response team has been activated, and we are preparing to support students and staff when school opens on Monday morning.”
“Please keep this family, our students, and our entire Uxbridge community in your thoughts during this incredibly difficult time,” Uxbridge police said in the release.
The circumstances of the crash remain under investigation, police said. The department asked anyone who witnessed the crash to contact Uxbridge police at 508-278-7755.
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Source: www.boston.com
