5 Hurt After Two Separate Crashes Within An Hour In Easton
EASTON (CBS) --Police in Easton were busy late Friday night after two separate crashes injured a total of five people, including three children.
Around 10 p.m., police responded to Belmont Street near the Stonehill College entrance for a crash between a Jeep Wrangler and Honda Odyssey.
The 46-year-old woman driving the Odyssey was med-flighted to Brigham and Women's Hospital with serious injuries while three kids who were in the car, ages 10, nine, and seven, were taken to Good Samaritan Medical Center. Their injuries are non-life-threatening, according to police.
The driver of the Wrangler was not injured.
Thirty minutes later, officers were called to the parking lot outside Maguire's Bar & Grill on Foundry Street. A 26-year-old woman was found with severe injuries to her lower legs after she was hit by a car, police said. She was med-flighted to Tufts Medical Center.
Police said charges against the driver are possible but no arrests have been made.
Both crashes are under investigation but they are not believed to be related.