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Victim identified in fatal Newport crash; driver faces multiple felony charges

The 19-year-old woman who was killed in the early Saturday morning crash on Brenton road has been identified as Katelin Pimental of Middletown.

Pimental was killed after the vehicle she was traveling in hit a utility pole wire, a tree, and then a stone pillar in the area of Brenton and Wickham Roads.

Dekiah Laitola, 21, of Swansea, MA, has been charged with has been charged with four felonies, one count of driving to endanger – death resulting and three counts of driving to endanger – resulting in physical injury. Laitola is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday morning in 2nd Division District Court.

Katelin Pimental crash

Katelin Pimental crash

Christian Winthrop
Christian Winthrop
Christian Winthrop is a media publisher and journalist and the founder and editor of Newport Buzz, the leading news platform covering Newport, Rhode Island. He is also the creator of Palm Beach Buzz, expanding the same community-focused journalism model to South Florida. A fifth-generation Newporter, Winthrop previously worked in national politics and later as an entertainment producer in New York City before returning home to launch Newport Buzz in 2011.
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