Posted on 10/17/2007 10:11:53 PM PDT by FDNYRHEROES
FALL RIVER -- A 6-year-old girl and her 11-year-old brother were injured early this morning when a van involved in a collision at Morgan and Fourth Streets was pushed up onto the sidewalk and struck the children as they were waiting for a school bus.
The girl suffered a head injury and was taken to Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence, the police said. Her brother, whose leg was injured, was taken to St. Anne’s Hospital, where he was reported in good condition this afternoon, according to Sgt. Thomas Mauretti.
A man who had been waiting with the children was arrested for assaulting the driver of the van.
John Dorvil, 27, of 22 Lyon St., was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, a pipe that was knocked loose from a nearby fence that was also struck by the van, Mauretti said.
The driver of the van, Sean Leitao, 23, of New Bedford, Mass., was charged with reckless operation of a motor vehicle and failure to stop at a stop sign, Mauretti said. Leitao also was taken to St. Anne’s Hospital for treatment of a head injury he suffered when he was hit by the pipe.
The collision occurred about 7:15 a.m., when the van, going west on Morgan Street, failed to stop at a stop sign at Fourth Street, the police said.
The van collided with a pick-up truck going south on Fourth Street before it mounted the sidewalk on the southwest corner of the intersection, Mauretti said.
He said the driver of the pick-up truck fled the accident scene.
Great conversation in the waiting room! Prayers for all.
Hmmm.... I wonder why.
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