Cohasset police say 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 around 10:40 a.m. Saturday, his department received numerous 911 calls about the vehicle traveling through the Cohasset Middle/High School sports field on Pond Street. Responding officers discovered that the SUV, a 2017 Chevrolet Suburban, had driven out of a parking space, down a steep hill and onto a soccer field, where kindergarten children were playing lacrosse at the time, according to Quigley. Quigley said coaches and parents were able to quickly get the children out of the way of the vehicle, which had no driver inside but was carrying two young children who were inside car seats. The police chief said the SUV struck a lacrosse coach while crossing the sports field before crashing through a chain-link fence, crossing Pond Street and finally coming to rest in a nearby yard. Paramedics from the 150 Pond St. Cohasset Fire Department They treated the two young children inside the SUV and the bus that was hit by the vehicle at the scene. Quigley said the children and coach suffered minor injuries and that no one was transported to the hospital in connection with the incident. “Due to the quick actions 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.
Cohasset police say 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 around 10:40 a.m. Saturday, his department received numerous 911 calls about the vehicle traveling through the Cohasset Middle/High School sports field on Pond Street.
Responding officers discovered that the SUV, a 2017 Chevrolet Suburban, drove out of a parking space, down a steep hill and onto a soccer field, where kindergarten children were playing lacrosse at the time, according to Quigley.
Quigley said coaches and parents were able to quickly get the children out of the way of the vehicle, which had no driver inside but was carrying two young children who were in car seats.
The police chief said the SUV struck a lacrosse coach while crossing the sports field before crashing through a chain-link fence, crossing Pond Street and finally coming to rest in a yard near 150 Pond St.
Cohasset Fire Department paramedics treated the two young children inside the SUV and the bus that was struck by the vehicle at the scene. Quigley said the children and coach suffered minor injuries and no one was transported to the hospital as a result of the incident.
“Due to the quick actions 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.
