Crime & Safety
6 Hospitalized In Beverly, Peabody Store Parking Lot Crashes: Reports
The separate crashes occurred at a Peabody CVS and near a Beverly Dollar Tree.
BEVERLY, MA — Three people were hospitalized and two others had to be freed from their vehicle after two separate store parking lot crashes in Beverly and Peabody on Monday morning, according to multiple media reports.
WFXT-Boston reported that two people were hospitalized after a car struck a beam outside of the CVS on Lynnfield Street shortly before 10 a.m. The station reported that an elderly woman struck the support beam a few feet away from the store's entrance with debris scattered throughout the lot.
WHDH-TV reported that four people were taken to Beverly Hospital and Salem Hospital and two people had to be freed from their car as part of a six-vehicle crash in the parking lot of the Dollar Tree on Dodge Street at about 10:30 a.m.
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The station reported that one woman lost control of her Jeep, causing a chain reaction that included one vehicle being pushed into a nearby building.
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