2 children hospitalized after car crashes into Chapel Hill playground outside Northside Elementary School

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) — Chapel Hill Police are investigating after a car crashed into a playground outside Northside Elementary School on Tuesday.Two children who have been on the playground have been injured and have been taken to UNC Hospitals. The driver was additionally taken to UNC for remedy.

Officials instructed ABC11 late Tuesday night time that the children and the driving force are all anticipated to get well.The wreck occurred about 4 p.m. when the car crashed by way of a fence and struck playground gear. There have been 20 children on the playground on the time of the crash.

Another little one was handled on the scene for minor accidents.

Chapel Hill Police Crisis Counselors are aiding the households concerned.

Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools instructed ABC11 that each one the children on the playground have been taking part within the Community Schools After School Program. The college students ranged in age from 5 to 9. It’s not instantly recognized whether or not some attended Northside.Ebony and Tiffany Riley, sisters with three children mixed at Northside Elementary, described the incident as “crazy” and “traumatizing.”

“We ran outside in the parking lot. We didn’t see anything and we went to go get my daughter from after school and that’s when we saw all the cops pull up and everything,” mentioned the sisters, who reside throughout the road. (*2*)

The incident stays below investigation.

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