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The attorney for Ryan Sweatt, 36, tells PEOPLE his client was trying to get away from men who were trying to attack him when he struck Destini Decoff

Ryan Sweatt, 36, was arraigned on a murder charge Tuesday in connection with the death of 26-year-old Destini Decoff.

Destini Decoff, 26, died in the hospital on April 4 less than 72 hours after she was hit by Ryan Sweatts Honda Civic on Route 85 north of Milford, Massachusetts and their families brawled in court.

Ryan Sweatt, 36, appeared in front of a Framingham District Court for allegedly murdering 26-year-old Destini Decoff in Hopkinton, Mass. on April 4.

Ryan Sweatt fatally struck Destini Decoff with his Honda Civic on Route 85 north of Milford, Massachusetts, in an apparent road rage incident

HOPKINTON, MASS. (WHDH) - The Milford man who police say was involved in an apparent road rage incident that killed a woman in Hopkinton will<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/milford-man-accused-in-deadly-hopkinton-road-rage-incident-now-charged-with-murder/">Read More</a>

A man who allegedly struck and killed a Milford woman in a road range incident earlier this month has had his charges upgraded to murder.

Ryan Sweatt now faces the “additional charge of murder in connection with striking and killing of Destini Decoff,” officials said.

The man accused of running down 26-year-old Destini Decoff during a road rage incident in Hopkinton earlier this month will be charged with her murder, the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office said Monday.

Ryan Sweatt will be charged with murder in the death of Destini Decoff after a crash in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, on April 4