Newport man sentenced to prison for crash that led to death of Fall River graduate, Westport woman

A Newport man has been sentenced to prison due to a crash that led to the death of a local woman.

According to Middletown Sergeant Clifford McGregor, on November 16th, 2019 at approximately 2:24 a.m., the Middletown Police Department received a 911 call for a report of a motor vehicle accident in the area of 830 Third Beach Road in the Town of Middletown, RI. Officers were dispatched and responded to the area and located a white sedan overturned in the roadway. Officers located and identified the operator, then 23-year-old Newport resident Patrick Carson. Kailyn Newton, a 22-year-old female from Westport Massachusetts, was located inside the vehicle and was found to be unresponsive. The Middletown Fire Department arrived on scene and transported Newton to Newport Hospital where she was later pronounced deceased.

Newton attended Bishop Connolly High School in Fall River.

During his investigation, Officer Ciaravino of the Middletown Police Department, found Carson to be impaired and placed him under arrest. Carson was also transported to Newport Hospital for minor injuries.

According to court records, after pleading Nolo Contendere to the charge in Newport County Superior Court, the 26-year-old Carson was sentenced to serve at least four years in prison (good time release date June 22, 2026) at a minimum-security prison in Cranston on June 22nd on the charge of driving under the influence-death resulting by Associate Justice Daniel Procaccini.