Victim’s name released in fatal I-195 pedestrian crash

The victim in last Thursday’s fatal crash in Seekonk has been identified.

At approximately 6:40 p.m., troopers assigned to State Police-Dartmouth responded to reports of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle on Route 195 westbound between Exits 1 and 2 in Seekonk. Upon their arrival they discovered a white male unconscious in the left travel lane that had been struck by a 2019 Toyota Rav4. The operator of the Toyota remained on scene and fully cooperated with troopers.

The victim has been identified as Peter Weaver, 56, of Cranston, R.I.

Preliminary investigation indicates that, for reasons currently unknown, Weaver was walking eastbound in the left travel lane of Route 195 westbound before he was struck by the Rav4.

Weaver was transported to Rhode Island Hospital by ambulance where he succumbed to his injuries.

The facts and circumstances of the crash remain under investigation by troopers assigned to the Dartmouth Barracks with assistance from the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section, Crime Scene Services Section, Bristol County State Police Detective Unit, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.