Man Dies In Crash With Ambulance

PUTNAM -- A Rhode Island man died after the car he was driving collided head-on with an ambulance on Route 44, police said.

Ronald Vauthrin, 58, of East Providence, was pronounced dead at the scene, Thursday. The ambulance driver and a passenger, Mia A. Catania of Gales Ferry and Sean P. Pudge of Narragansett, R.I., respectively, sustained leg injuries and were transported to Day Kimball Hospital.

The ambulance was not carrying any patients at the time, nor was it responding to an emergency call, police said. Read More & "pray the news"