HOPKINTON, Mass. — A man is facing criminal charges after investigators say he intentionally ran down a woman with his car in an apparent road rage incident near a pub in Hopkinton on Thursday night.
Ryan Sweatt, 36 of Milford, is slated to be arraigned Friday morning in Framingham District Court on charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury, operating to endanger, and a marked lanes violation after he allegedly struck a 26-year-old woman with his car near the parking lot of Cornell’s Irish Pub on Hayden Rowe Street, according to Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Hopkinton Police Chief Joseph Bennett.
A preliminary investigation indicated that Sweatt was driving a Honda Civic on Route 85 when he became engaged in an apparent road rage incident with another vehicle around 6:30 p.m., Ryan and Bennett said.
“At some point, some of the occupants of the other vehicle, including the victim, exited the car. Sweatt subsequently made a U-turn at a high rate of speed and struck the victim in the roadway,” Ryan and Bennett said in a statement.
The victim, whose name hasn’t been released, was taken to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries.
State troopers assigned to the DA’s office are assisting Hopkinton police with the ongoing investigation.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available.
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