REVERE, Mass. — Two students were taken to the hospital after a van owned and operated by Northeast Metro Tech was sideswiped in Revere, according to Massachusetts State Police.
A passenger van returning from a vocational work site in Winthrop was hit around 1 p.m. Friday afternoon when another driver, heading in the same direction, drifted into the van's lane on Elliot Circle.
#MAtraffic Crash involving “school bus” transportation van, Elliot Circle in #Revere. Two students transported to local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Investigation ongoing.
— Mass State Police (@MassStatePolice) February 15, 2019
The van suffered minor, repairable damage, according to police, and the two students were evaluated by emergency medical personnel, and their injuries weren't deemed to be life-threatening.
One instructor and a total of 10 students were on the van at the time, with the instructor behind the wheel.
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The other driver, 45-year-old Revere native Kerry Grasso, was arrested and charged with operating under the influence of alcohol and a marked lanes violation.
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