Westport driver sends two pedestrians to the hospital

Nov 4, 2016

A Westport man sent two women to the hospital after hitting them with his car on November 3.

Fifty-three-year-old John Allen — driving a 2013 Audi A4 — allegedly hit the two pedestrians at the intersection of Old Westport Road and Cross Road, where police responded around 6:19 p.m.

Katherine Canavan, age 21, was transported to St. Luke's Hospital and later released, while Ellen Canavan, age 19, was taken to Rhode Island Hospital where she currently remains hospitalized, police said.

Both women are University of Massachusetts Dartmouth students, said police.

Members of the Dartmouth Police Department Crash Reconstruction Unit are assisting with the investigation.