3 children hurt as car crashes into Northside Elementary playground in Chapel Hill
An adult and two children were taken to the hospital Tuesday afternoon after a driver crashed into the Northside Elementary School playground in Chapel Hill, police reported.
The crash happened around 4 p.m. Tuesday with roughly 20 children on the playground during an afterschool program, police said in a news release.
The driver crashed through a fence and hit the playground equipment, injuring three children, they said. One child was treated at the scene for minor injuries, police said.
The driver and two other children were taken to UNC Hospitals. Information about their conditions were not immediately available.
Chapel Hill police are investigating, they said. Additional information was not immediately available.
Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools spokesman Andy Jenks said the district is keeping “our staff and families informed of other support and arrangements that we’ll have in place as a result of this incident.”
“At the moment, our thoughts are with the students and families of all involved, as well as the staff members and students who witnessed what happened,” Jenks said.
