A Rhode Island resident is among those who died in a Wednesday night collision between a military helicopter and an airliner in Washington, DC.

Rhode Island native and figure skater Spencer Lane and his mother, Christine, were two of the people who were on board an American Airlines flight that collided with a military helicopter over the Potomac River on Wednesday night,

Who was Spencer Lane? 'A crazy kid,' club owner says. Zeghibe said Spencer Lane "has not been skating that long, and just rocketed to the top of the sport." "Spencer, in the best