Rogers Street rollover

Three octogenarians from Lowell escaped without serious injuries despite being inside the Toyota, pictured below, that rolled onto its side after striking a cement post and a trash container this afternoon on Douglas Road at Rogers Street in Lowell.

Police say the Toyota pictured below was driven by Manuel Tomas, 85, of Lowell, and occupied by passengers Georgina Tomas, 82, and Judite Silva, 84.

Photo by Bob Whitaker.

Tomas told police he was turning from Rogers Street onto Douglas Road about 2 p.m., when he saw a BMW backing out of a parking spot at Milan Pizza. Tomas told police he swerved to the right to avoid a collision.

Tomas succeeded at avoiding the BMW, which was driven by Aaron Heller, 20, of Lowell, but Tomas’ Toyota struck a cement pole and then a trash container on the right side of the road and rolled over.

The impact pushed the trash container into a parked Nissan, owned by Mildred Kercher, of 58 Fay St.

Firefighters sawed the windshield out of the Toyota to free those inside. Silva was taken to Lowell General Hospital for treatment of non life-threatening injuries. No one was cited.

Rollover involving school vehicle

Chelmsford Police were called to the Drum Hill Rotary today at 3:11 p.m., for a report of a motor vehicle crash in which a school vehicle rolled over.

I’ve seen reports that this was a bus, but it was actually a minivan equipped with bus lights that is owned by the Lighthouse School in Chelmford, according to Lt. James Spinney.

All photos in this entry are by Bob Whitaker.

“A minivan from the Lighthouse School was coming up Northern Avenue and entering the rotary when it appears a sedan heading from the Drum Hill area to Route 3 North hit the minivan in the intersection,” Spinney said.

The impact caused the minivan, pictured below, to rollover.

Five hurt in Lowell crash

Emergency crews were called to Stedman Street in Lowell at about 8:50 p.m., for what was initially reported as a rollover accident.

Crews arrived to learn the Silver BMW pictured below had tipped a bit, but did not rollover.

The car was driving outbound on Stedman Street when it struck a fire hydrant, pictured below, and tore the fire hydrant out of the ground.

Two adults, a man and a woman, and three female minors suffered injuries that were not life-threatening.

All five were taken to city hospitals after they were treated by firefighters, paramedics, and Trinity Ambulance EMTs.

Man in wheelchair struck

A 23-year-old Lowell man was cited this evening after he drove his Dodge Neon into the side of a man who was driving his wheelchair in a crosswalk on Appleton Street at South Street at 7:23 p.m.

A police cruiser was parked nearby when the collision occurred between a 23-year-old Lowell man’s Dodge Neon and a 43-year-old Lowell man who was crossing Appleton Street in his wheelchair.

A witness said the impact nearly knocked the wheelchair over, but that the 43-year-old was able to shift his weight and stay on his wheels. The man in the wheelchair, pictured above at right, was taken to Saints Medical Center with minor injuries.

12-year-old struck in hit and run

The 12-year-old boy pictured below told police he was struck by a gray or blue car with a female driver in the parking lot of Walgreens at Plain and Chelmsford streets tonight.

Fortunately, the boy did not appear to have a serious injury.

He called police about 10 p.m., but told officers he was struck about an hour earlier by a woman who didn’t stop. He then went to his friends house before realizing his leg was really hurt and calling police.

Officers searched the area for the offending motor vehicle, but the boy was struck an hour before he called. Officers didn’t find anything.

It’s pretty sad when a 12-year-old gets hit by a car and no one even stops to see if he’s okay.

In other news, there was also a two-car crash that forced police to briefly close Nesmith Street, at Rogers Street, tonight about 10:30 p.m., but there were no serious injuries reported. It sounded like it caused quite a mess, though.