NORTH SMITHFIELD – A Woonsocket man is going through costs for leaving the scene of an accident after North Smithfield Police Chief Tim Lafferty reportedly witnessed his truck scrape in opposition to one other automotive stopped on the intersection of Smithfield and Greenville Roads.
Simon Mayancela Velasquez, 24, was arrested on Monday, Feb. 10 for costs of failure to cease and obstructing an officer.
In response to the arrest report, Lafferty was stopped on the intersection and noticed a big maroon pickup truck pull so near the operator’s aspect of one other stopped automotive that it appeared to have made contact with the automobile. When the site visitors mild turned inexperienced, the chief observed that the 2 autos remained stopped and gave the impression to be caught collectively.
Lafferty reportedly activated his emergency lights and pulled behind the autos however as he exited his cruiser, the truck started to again up, rubbing in opposition to the stopped automotive, after which drove off down Windfall Avenue.
“I bought again in my automobile and moved it to the passenger aspect of the stopped automotive so the truck wouldn’t strike my automotive,” Lafferty famous within the narrative.
Lafferty adopted the truck however the driver didn’t initially pull over, finally coming to a cease on the intersection of Avenue A.
Velasquez, who was driving the truck, solely spoke Spanish, and Lafferty and different officers on scene used cellphone translation in addition to translators to speak.
The motive force initially gave a pretend identify, in response to reviews, and Velasquez was later recognized by his neck tattoo. He didn’t have a legitimate driver’s license in response to police, and mentioned he was driving the truck as a result of the proprietor, who was within the passenger seat, was extremely intoxicated.
Velasquez was given a summons to seem in third District Court docket in addition to a number of site visitors citations.
