No injuries as woman hits cars, house trying avoid Fourth of July parade
East Longmeadow, Mass. (AP) — Police say a woman hit two cars and a house while trying to turn around and avoid the Fourth of July parade in East Longmeadow.
Police Sgt. Steven Manning tells the Republican no one was hurt in the incident Saturday morning, but some children nearby because of the parade jumped out of the way.
Manning said the woman, who is in her late 70s, was taken by ambulance to a Springfield hospital. He said the parade was briefly delayed.
Manning said the woman was driving down Fairview Street just as the parade was approaching on nearby Maplewood Avenue. She tried to back into a driveway to turn around, and lightly hit a parked car. Witnesses said she then appeared to panic, hit a second car and accelerated across a lawn and into a house.
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