Five children shaken up, one adult seriously injured in Cape crash

(Photo by Harry Keough)

The aftermath of this morning's crash.

By David Abel, Globe Staff

A three-vehicle crash involving a minivan on Cape Cod this morning left a woman seriously injured and five young children shaken up, police said.

Barnstable Police said a man driving a late-model Mercedes was heading south on Route 132 in Hyannis shortly before 10 a.m. when he broadsided a woman driving a Nissan pickup truck, who appeared to be making an illegal left to head north on Route 132. The impact sent the pickup truck hurtling backward, where it slammed into the northbound bus from the Crystal Garden Children’s Center in Hyannis.

Barnstable Police Sergeant Sean Sweeney said nine people, which included two adults on the bus, were taken to Cape Cod Hospital. He said the woman driving the pickup truck suffered serious injuries, but was likely to survive. He said none of the others suffered life-threatening injuries. He would not release any of their names.

“There was no obvious trauma or visual injury to any of the children,” Sweeney said in a telephone interview. “They were taken to the hospital as a precaution.”

He said the children ranged in age from 15 months to 5 years old. Crystal Garden Children’s Center is a daycare center.

He said police are investigating the crash and may cite the drivers of the Mercedes and the Nissan.

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