Thousands Flood Downtown Providence For Food, Music, Art — And Bumper Cars

Madeleine List, The Providence Journal
Sat, 06/09/2018 - 7:29pm

PROVIDENCE — Adults with kids in their laps threw their heads back in laughter as they rode inflatable bumper cars around a closed-off section of Dorrance Street, driving in circles and bumping into one another.“We’re having a great time,” said John Ainsworth, 45, of South Kingstown, as he stepped out of the bumper car ring with his two kids, Jenny, 10, and Jack, 8.

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