Trooper hits a van with 3 children passengers while in pursuit
The State Trooper suffered a head injury and the other victims’ injuries are reported as minor.
Monday a state trooper was in hot pursuit of a white van that had failed to stop for expired plates and tinted windows. The chase started on I-95 but quickly moved into Manchester. At the intersection of Commerce and Everett the state trooper collided with a van carrying one adult and three children.
Another van- this one carrying an adult and three children was entering the intersection. Even though the trooper’s cruiser had emergency lights flashing and sire blaring, the cruiser and the van collided.
“According to witness statements and what he was able to provide us, he did have his emergency lights and siren activated at the time,” said Geller.
The kids, two girls nine and ten years old and a one year old son were all taken to the hospital along with their mother. The injuries appear to be minor. The trooper suffered a head injury and state police are still working to talk to him to learn exactly what went wrong.
Meanwhile the original van the trooper was chasing got away.
“As far as the white van it continues on and did not stop,” Geller said.
Leaving state police tonight with two mysteries – first what led to the crash and second where the van that started the whole situation is now.
Image: NBC12 via Lisa Pegram
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they made sure to quote “witness statements”.
Hard to justify almost killing three kids and a parent because you just had to make a traffic stop.
I have to agree with Marco on this one. Expired tags and such is no reason to almost kill a family of four in a car accident.
Since those sirens can be heard from 8 blocks away, I have to ask what the mother driving that van was paying attention to. It obviously wasn’t her driving. If she’s going to be that oblivious behind the wheel she should leave her kids at home. No point in risking their lives with her incompetence.
For anyone thinking that the cops are not justified … its on the white van. This kind of stop is nothing that should have warranted the van to start the chase. This is unless there is something else like the driver or passenger has a warrant out or something more nefarious is afoot. I find it ridiculous that anyone would say that the troopers were in the wrong. If this had lead to a drug seizure, abducted child recovery, or escapee capture no one would question the motives for chasing someone downtown. But someone was not paying attention and impeded this trooper from doing his job. Your supposed to pull over and stop when you hear an emergency siren. The mom is at fault if she was doing anything other than sitting on the side of the road. She will be lucky if all she has to do is pay for the damage and doesnt get hit for some kind of obstruction of justice. Plain and simple.