5 children shaken up in school van crash
Photo by David G. Curran
A MedFlight crew transports a woman to an awaiting helicopter at Barnstable Municipal Airport following a school bus accident on Rt. 132 in Hyannis in which 9 people were injured.
Published: October 30, 2008
Updated: October 30, 2008
HYANNIS, Mass.—Nine people, including five children, were injured in a three-vehicle crash on Cape Cod that involved a school van.
Fire officials said the five children, who were between 15 months and 5 years old, were shaken up but not seriously hurt in the accident in Barnstable on Thursday.
Police Sgt. Sean Sweeney said an initial investigation indicates a pickup truck was hit by a car while crossing the road. The truck then hit the school van from the Crystal Gardens Child Care Center.
A woman in the pickup truck was reportedly unconscious after the crash, and was taken to Cape Cod Hospital.
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