FOXBORO, MA : Driver in Foxboro crash faces motor vehicle and shoplifting charges on Monday, 5th October, 2020

A New York City man charged with fleeing the CVS at Patriot Place with stolen merchandise and crashing head-on into another vehicle on North Street remained hospitalized Monday.

Arnold W. Ludd, 47, of the Brooklyn section of New York, was scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in his hospital bed on a half-dozen charges.

He was admitted to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston Sunday and was being held without bail under guard by the Suffolk County sheriff’s office.He faces charges in Wrentham District Court of driving to endanger, speeding, failure to drive within marked lanes, driving without a license and two charges related to alleged shoplifting at CVS, according to court records.

Ludd was allegedly speeding in a Chrysler minivan when it struck a Honda Ridgeline head-on just before noon Sunday in the area of 107 North St.

Ludd and the driver of the Honda, identified as Edward Fitzpatrick, had to be extricated from their vehicles by Foxboro and Sharon firefighters.

Fitzpatrick suffered two broken legs and other serious injuries and was taken to Tufts Medical Center in Boston. He was expected to recover, police said in their report.

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