February 11, 2009 1:56 PM
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Holiday Parade Accident Injures 11
(AP)
An elderly driver hurtled through barricades into a crowd lined up for a Christmas parade in the East Texas town of Overton, injuring several people.
Some of the injured were members of a Cub Scout troop.
City Manager B.J. Potts said the driver was arrested, but alcohol was not detected.
An executive with the East Texas Area Council Boy Scouts told the Longview News-Journal that 11 people were injured - nine Cub scouts and two adults.
John Moore, a spokesman for Mother Frances Hospital in nearby Tyler, told The Associated Press that of the seven people brought there, five have been treated and released. They include two women, ages 28 and 33, and three boys, ages 8, 9 and 11.
Moore says a 7-year-old boy was in good condition while a second was in serious condition.
Potts said that one youth was flown to a Dallas hospital and that several had been released from hospitals, but he did not have an exact number.
Overton, a town of 2,300, is about 120 miles southeast of Dallas.
Some of the injured were members of a Cub Scout troop.
City Manager B.J. Potts said the driver was arrested, but alcohol was not detected.
An executive with the East Texas Area Council Boy Scouts told the Longview News-Journal that 11 people were injured - nine Cub scouts and two adults.
John Moore, a spokesman for Mother Frances Hospital in nearby Tyler, told The Associated Press that of the seven people brought there, five have been treated and released. They include two women, ages 28 and 33, and three boys, ages 8, 9 and 11.
Moore says a 7-year-old boy was in good condition while a second was in serious condition.
Potts said that one youth was flown to a Dallas hospital and that several had been released from hospitals, but he did not have an exact number.
Overton, a town of 2,300, is about 120 miles southeast of Dallas.
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