The Ellis County Press: 10-year old boy in crash

10-year old boy in crash
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Editor on 03/26/2009 17:26:00


Wednesday, March 25, around 4:30 p.m.at the intersection of Highway 287 and
Highway 34 in Ennis, a 10-year-old boy and his 38-year-old mother were injured
by a crow bar from the back of their Ford Ranger pickup after a vehicle
rear-ended them during the storms sweeping across the Dallas-Forth Worth
metroplex that afternoon.
The son was transported to Children's Hospital in Dallas with part of the
crowbar impaled in his back and leg.
The mom was was transported to Parkland Hospital in Dallas with a deep puncture
wound from the same crowbar which measures about an inch in diameter.
Ennis Police Department said alert and awake on his way to Dallas and the two
face no life threatening injuries.
The driver who rear ended the truck will not be facing any charges.