Providence , RI : Three people dead following car crash on route 195 on Wednesday, 28th September 2016

Three dead following a crash here on route 195 Wednesday morning. Police say a livery vehicle traveling westbound crossed the median and crashed into a BMW head on, that was traveling eastbound.

"I was inside the house, and we heard a big crash," says Alex Perreira.

Perreira lives a few houses down from this over-pass overlooking the place where the accident happened. He says people told him when the cars crashed; it looked like a bomb went off.

"We started seeing ambulances coming, fire trucks coming. I saw a fire; they were putting out a fire," he says.

Police say the livery vehicle rolled over after the initial impact with the BMW. A Subaru then struck the BMW causing the Subraru to catch on fire. Two people in the livery vehicle have died, a third survived and was transported to Rhode Island hospital. Three people were in the car that was hit head on a 23 year old woman from New Bedford was killed, a 25 year old man from fall river as well as a toddler were taken to the hospital.

The cause of the crash, including why the livery crossed the median strip, remains under investigation.

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Three people dead following car crash on 195