REHOBOTH -- A 61-year-old local man was killed and another motorist was injured in a two-vehicle crash on Route 44 at Wilmarth Bridge Road.

The accident occurred about 2 p.m. Wednesday, according to local police.

William Daponte of 16 Wood St. was pronounced dead by the Rhode Island Medical Examiner's office about a half-hour after the crash. He had been taken to Rhode Island Hospital in Providence.