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HOPKINTON, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — A driver has been charged in connection with an apparent road rage incident in Hopkinton that critically injured a 26-year-old woman, authorities announced Friday.
Officials said 36-year-old Ryan Sweatt of Milford was driving on Route 85 in Hopkinton Thursday evening when he got into an incident with another car.
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As people in the second car got out, Sweatt started to drive away, but then he made a U-turn, sped towards them, and slammed into the victim, the Middlesex County District Attorney's Office said.
The victim was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, officials said.
Sweatt pleaded not guilty in Framingham District Court on Friday to charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury, operating to endanger, and a marked lanes violation.
The Middlesex County District Attorney's Office, Hopkinton Police, and Massachusetts State Police units are investigating.
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