A 10-year-old child was killed and seven other people hurt, including five children, in a crash near a high school in New Jersey Monday, authorities said.
The 10-year-old and five other children were riding in a minivan that was hit by a sedan at West Ninth Street and Arlington Avenue in Plainfield at about 7:30 a.m., police said.
Chopper 4 footage from the scene, near Plainfield High School, showed the minivan rolled over on its side with debris scattered about. The other vehicle sat crashed in the intersection.
One woman who ran to help said she tried to turn the minivan upright and heard the children screaming. One child was able to get out of the vehicle on his own, she said, but she and other bystanders helped the rest of the children out.
Authorities said the 10-year-old died shortly after the crash. The other five children, whose ages weren't immediately available, were taken to the hospital with unknown injuries. The drivers of both of the vehicles were also taken to the hospital with varying injuries.
Witnesses said the driver of the minivan was picking up children in the area to take them to school.
No arrests have been made in the crash, which remains under investigation.
