A man who is accused of intentionally hitting a woman with his car during a road rage incident in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, will be charged with murder, the Middlesex District Attorney's Office said Monday.
Destini Decoff, 26, was critically injured in the crash on April 4 on Hayden Rowe Street near Cornell's Irish Pub, Hopkinton, police said. She died of her injuries two days later.
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Ryan Sweatt, 36, of Milford, was originally charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury, operating to endanger and a marked lanes violation in connection with the incident. He will now face a murder charge, according to the DA.
Sweatt reportedly told police a group of people in a car behind him got out at the intersection fo Granite and Hayden Rowe streets and threatened to kill him, with one allegedly pulling out a knife.
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Sweatt will be arraigned on the new charge Tuesday in Framingham District Court.
