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Dec 2, 2008 2:40 pm US/Central
12 Hurt In Parade-Related Accident In East Texas
OVERTON, Texas (AP) ―
An 82-year-old man accused of careening into a Cub Scout troop at a Christmas parade in East Texas has been arraigned on a charge of reckless driving.
Overton officials say Charles George is accused of going around a barricade set up near downtown Monday evening. Ten children and two women were injured when the car smashed into the lined-up scouts. A phone listing for George couldn't be located Tuesday.
John Moore, a spokesman for Mother Frances Hospital in nearby Tyler, told The Associated Press that of the seven people brought there, five have been treated and released. He said that those treated and released include two women -- ages 28 and 33 -- and three boys -- ages 8, 9 and 11.
Moore said that a 7-year-old boy was in good condition and another 7-year-old boy was in serious condition.
Overton City Manager B.J. Potts said that one youth was flown to a Dallas hospital and that several had been released from hospitals, but he did not have an exact number.
Eleven-year-old Toby Melton talked to the KLTV in Tyler after being released from the hospital for a knee injury.
"I was asking this one lady for a piece of gum, and she said yeah, and I turned around and a truck started coming towards us real fast," he told the television station. "It was real scary, frightening."
His mother, Nancy Melton, said the scene was chaotic as parents rushed to find their children.
Rusk County Justice of the Peace Jerdy Wolverton said he was nearby when he heard a noise and people screaming.
"There were kids on the ground, some sitting up, one or two standing. ... All I heard was a lot of bumping noises and screaming, and everyone was on the ground and there was a truck there," Wolverton told the Longview News-Journal.
Overton is a town of 2,300 people about 120 miles southeast of Dallas.
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