Smithfield, Rhode Island, woman struck and killed by truck near fireworks display – NECN

A woman was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer in Smithfield, Rhode Island, earlier this week, according to NBC affiliate WJAR.

Aliana Ciacciarelli, 25, was riding her bike around 9:30 p.m. Monday on Pleasant View Avenue when she fell and was struck by the truck, Smithfield police said.

The incident occurred after the city's annual July 4 fireworks display in Deerfield Park, WJAR reports.

The truck driver did not stop, police said, but was later identified. It is unclear whether he faces charges.

It was not immediately clear whether Ciacciarelli, a health care worker, was cycling to watch the fireworks.

A former colleague of Ciacciarelli's told WJAR that she was a nurse in the emergency department at Kent Hospital.

“She was very smart. She was also very funny and good with people,” Mark Demers told WJAR.

A store owner also told WJAR that cars tend to drive at high speeds on Pleasant View Avenue.

“Traffic is terrible on this Pleasant View Avenue all day long. We’re driving 35 miles an hour all over here, and cars are going 60 miles an hour, even 70 miles an hour,” Anthony Polseno, owner of Pleasant View Orchards, told WJAR. “Something needs to be done on this road.”

The accident is still under investigation.

Anyone with information about the crash is asked to contact the Smithfield Police Department at 401-231-2500.