Cohasset police said three people, including two children, were injured when an out-of-control sport utility vehicle plowed through a sports field where children were playing in the Massachusetts town. Police Chief William Quigley said that on Saturday around 10:40 a.m. his department received numerous 911 calls about the vehicle driving through the front athletic field of Cohasset Middle/High School on Pond Street. Responding officers learned that the SUV, a 2017 Chevrolet Suburban, had driven out of a parking space, down a steep hill. and on a football field, where kindergartners were playing lacrosse at the time, according to Quigley. Quigley said coaches and parents were able to quickly move the children out of the path of the vehicle, which did not have a driver inside but was carrying two young children who were in car seats. The police chief said the SUV struck a lacrosse coach as it crossed the athletic field before crashing through a chain-link fence, crossing Pond Street and finally stopping in a yard near Paramedics from the 150 Pond St. Cohasset Fire Department treated the two young children inside the SUV and motor coach who were struck by the vehicle at the scene. Quigley said the children and coach suffered minor injuries and no one was taken to the hospital in connection with the incident. “Thanks to the quick action of coaches and bystanders, we avoided a major tragedy today,” Quigley said in a statement. .Quigley said no charges have been filed at this time, but noted the incident remains under investigation.
Cohasset police said three people, including two children, were injured when an out-of-control sport utility vehicle rolled onto a sports field where children were playing in the Massachusetts town.
Police Chief William Quigley said that around 10:40 a.m. Saturday, his department received numerous 911 calls about the vehicle driving through the athletic field in front of Cohasset Middle/High School on Pond Street.
Responding officers learned the SUV, a 2017 Chevrolet Suburban, had driven out of a parking spot, down a steep hill and onto a soccer field, where kindergartners were playing lacrosse at that time, according to Quigley.
Quigley said coaches and parents were able to quickly move the children out of the path of the vehicle, which did not have a driver inside but was carrying two young children who were in car seats.
The police chief said the SUV struck a lacrosse coach as it crossed the athletic field before crashing through a chain-link fence, crossing Pond Street and finally stopping in a yard near 150 Pond St.
Cohasset Fire Department paramedics treated the two young children inside the SUV and motorcoach that were struck by the vehicle at the scene. Quigley said the children and coach suffered minor injuries and no one was taken to the hospital in connection with the incident.
“Thanks to the quick action of coaches and spectators, we avoided a major tragedy today,” Quigley said in a statement.
Quigley said no charges have been filed at this time, but noted the incident remains under investigation.
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