Former Nortek CEO pulled from burning car by off-duty cop

EAST PROVIDENCE – Police have identified the driver that was pulled from a burning car earlier this week by an off-duty Cranston police officer as Richard L. Bready, former Nortek Inc. CEO.
Lt. Christopher D. Francesconi said police received multiple 911 calls Tuesday night at approximately 11:15 p.m. about a vehicle fire at the end of North Hull Street, adjacent to Interstate 195 west.
When police and firefighters arrived at the scene, they discovered that Bready had been removed from the sport utility vehicle by Cranston Officer Brenton Medeiros.
Francesconi said it appears that Bready “may have suffered some sort of medical” condition. No charges will be filed, he said. Police said Bready was wearing his seatbelt.
Francesconi said Bready was driving south on North Hull Street when he sideswiped a parked vehicle and crashed into a guardrail. Bready was transported to Rhode Island Hospital after the crash with minor injuries, police said.
Neither Bready nor Medeiros could be reached for comment.

Medeiros told WPRI-Channel 12 that he does not consider himself a hero, and was just in the right place at the right time.
Bready, of Providence, retired from Nortek in 2011.
Bready, along with Thomas Melucci, teamed up to bring Hope Valley Industries in the Quonset Business Park in North Kingstown out of bankruptcy in 2002, and the company is being honored April 2 in the PBN Manufacturing Awards program for Excellence by a company with more than 150 employees.

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