New details on deadly hit-and-run crash on I-95 in North Attleborough

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The driver accused of causing a deadly car crash on Interstate 95 in North Attleborough, Massachusetts, on Monday appeared in court Tuesday, where prosecutors said he was seen shrugging before leaving the scene. Joseph Pompei Jr., a 50-year-old from Cranston, Rhode Island, was arrested later Monday on charges including motor vehicle homicide over the crash, which left a man dead,…

, Massachusetts, on Monday appeared in court Tuesday, where prosecutors said he was seen shrugging before leaving the scene.

The Jaguar's driver, 58-year-old Randall Ricketts of Foxborough, died in the crash. The woman and 5-year-old child in the SUV were in stable condition at a Rhode Island hospital as of Tuesday morning, prosecutors said, while its driver was in critical condition.Sign up for NECN newsletters. Pompei repeatedly shook his head in disbelief as the prosecutor read out the information in court. His lawyer said Pompei"denies hitting anybody," and that he was had damage from hitting a tree or grass in the median of the highway.

Pompei was arrested after an off-duty police detective who heard an alert about a grey car, spotted the vehicle off the highway about a mile away, prosecutors said. The detective"watches as this defendant then gets out of his motor vehicle, attempts to change his tire and duct tape numerous brake lights and such."

 

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