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URI student killed by vehicle, another injured
Chloe Thompson
Issue date: 4/4/08 Section: News
By Chloe Thompson
News Editor
Two University of Rhode Island students were struck by a vehicle Sunday morning on Boston Neck Road in Narragansett.
URI sophomore, Mary Ellen "Molly" Offer, 19, was transported to South County Hospital and later pronounced dead.
Holly Maganzini, 20, was also struck by the vehicle, and was transported to South County Hospital and then to Rhode Island Hospital for lower extremity injuries, according to a press release. Her condition is currently unknown.
Narragansett Police have identified the driver of the vehicle as Gayle Cherenzia, 53, of Westerly, R.I.
Rev. John Soares of the URI Catholic Center didn't know Offer well, but said he knew her from her time as a Eucharistic Minister at the Center, where she gave out communion at the 8 p.m. Mass.
"From everybody I've talked to who knew her, she always lit up a room with her smile," Soares said. "She was a very sweet girl, always smiling, always very nice."
Offer was a resident of Woodcliff Lake, N.J. and an art major and Maganzini is a resident of Wakefield, Mass. and an entrepreneurship management major.
The two were reportedly walking from a party in the area when the incident occurred.
The accident is still under investigation.
The Cigar will have a full update on the incident in tomorrow's paper.
News Editor
Two University of Rhode Island students were struck by a vehicle Sunday morning on Boston Neck Road in Narragansett.
URI sophomore, Mary Ellen "Molly" Offer, 19, was transported to South County Hospital and later pronounced dead.
Holly Maganzini, 20, was also struck by the vehicle, and was transported to South County Hospital and then to Rhode Island Hospital for lower extremity injuries, according to a press release. Her condition is currently unknown.
Narragansett Police have identified the driver of the vehicle as Gayle Cherenzia, 53, of Westerly, R.I.
Rev. John Soares of the URI Catholic Center didn't know Offer well, but said he knew her from her time as a Eucharistic Minister at the Center, where she gave out communion at the 8 p.m. Mass.
"From everybody I've talked to who knew her, she always lit up a room with her smile," Soares said. "She was a very sweet girl, always smiling, always very nice."
Offer was a resident of Woodcliff Lake, N.J. and an art major and Maganzini is a resident of Wakefield, Mass. and an entrepreneurship management major.
The two were reportedly walking from a party in the area when the incident occurred.
The accident is still under investigation.
The Cigar will have a full update on the incident in tomorrow's paper.
