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2 Bryant University Students Among 3 Killed in Wrong-Way Crash in RI
A Ford pickup going the wrong way caused a head-on crash killing three including two Bryant University students, shutting Route 146 north for four hours, police said.
- On January 25, 2026, a Ford pickup driven by Denis Aguilar Campos, 41, of Chelsea, Massachusetts, was traveling southbound in the high-speed lane of Route 146 North in Lincoln.
- Rhode Island State Police received 911 calls just before 12:30 a.m. about a southbound vehicle on Route 99 North, then shortly thereafter, calls reported a crash involving that vehicle on Route 146 North in Lincoln.
- Investigators say the pickup struck a Chevrolet Tahoe head-on as it neared Route 116, and both vehicles were engulfed in flames after the collision.
- Three people were pronounced dead at the scene, including Jaylin Rainford, 20, of Randolph, Massachusetts, and passenger Chiemelie Okonkwo, 20, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, both Bryant University students.
- Route 146 North was closed for approximately four hours while emergency response teams investigated, and Bryant University confirmed students Rainford and Okonkwo died, offering counseling services and praise from Ross Gittell, President of Bryant University.
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Three dead after Route 146 wrong-way crash
LINCOLN, R.I.– Three people are dead after a crash on Route 146 south in Lincoln early Sunday morning. Rhode Island State Police say that at around 12:30 a.m. they were notified of a pickup truck driving southbound on Route 99 North. That car was being driven by 41-year-old Denis Aguilar Campos of Chelsea, Mass., according to the RISP. It then crashed into a car on Route 146 as it neared Route 116. Both Aguilar Campos’s car and the other car, wh…
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