U.S. Navy Member from Mystic Killed In Rhode Island Crash: Police

Rhode Island State Police are investigating a two-vehicle crash that killed an active-duty member of the U.S. Navy.

Officials said 31-year-old Elizabeth Kingsland, of Mystic, was declared dead Tuesday night after the crash on Interstate 95 in Hopkinton. Kingsland was a member of the U.S. Navy, according to Rhode Island State Police. 

Police said Kingsland's vehicle was headed southbound when it collided with a tractor-trailer truck and went off the road, hitting a tree. 

The driver of the truck wasn't hurt. 

A preliminary investigation shows that Kingsland was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.

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