Crime & Safety

4-Year-Old Injured When Car Rolls From Parking Space

A 4-year-old was injured on Saturday morning in an incident involcing a rolling car on the Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary campus.

A 4-year-old child was injured when they fell from a rolling car on the campus of on Saturday morning.

Police and fire crews were called to Bell Hall, on the campus near the corner of Bridge and Woodbury streets,  at 8:03 a.m., according to a written statement from Sgt. Stephen Trepanier.

The vehicle – police did not name the make or model – rolled out of a parking space.  Inside was a 2-year-old and 4 year-old. The mother tried to stop the vehicle from rolling and while doing that received minor injuries. But the 4-year-old received more serious injuries.

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Police did not say the extent of the child’s injuries but said they were not life-threatening. Lyons ambulance took the child to the hospital.

The name of the injured child and the mother were not released by police. It was also not clear whether the mother is a student at Gordon-Conwell or where she lives. Bell Hall is student housing built in 1987.

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The crash remains under investigation, according to police.


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