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12/09/2008
Three Children Hurt in Pony Trap Crash
Three children have been badly injured after a car crashed into their pony trap.
The cart being driven by a 13-year-old boy near Sherburn Stone Quarry, close to Durham, was hit from behind on the B1283. The children fell onto the road.
The boy and a 13 year-old passenger both suffered a broken collar bone and concussion, while a 12-year-old passenger broke a leg. The children are being treated in the University Hospital of North Durham.
A Durham Police spokesman said the children were knocked to the ground when the car collided with the trap. No-one in the car was injured but the trap was extensively damaged.
The road was closed for three hours.
(GK/JM)
The cart being driven by a 13-year-old boy near Sherburn Stone Quarry, close to Durham, was hit from behind on the B1283. The children fell onto the road.
The boy and a 13 year-old passenger both suffered a broken collar bone and concussion, while a 12-year-old passenger broke a leg. The children are being treated in the University Hospital of North Durham.
A Durham Police spokesman said the children were knocked to the ground when the car collided with the trap. No-one in the car was injured but the trap was extensively damaged.
The road was closed for three hours.
(GK/JM)
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