Crime & Safety
School Van, Car collide At Routes 202 and 179
Two patients were evaluated but no one transported.
An accident involving a school van and a car at the intersection of routes 202 and 179 was reported after 8 a.m. this morning.
One student in the van and the driver of the other vehicle were evaluated at the scene but neither were transported to the hospital, police said.
Ambulance personnel and fire police with the Town of Canton Volunteer Fire and EMS Department, officers from the Canton Police Department and school officials responded to the scene.
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Traffic flow was slowed for less than an hour and no major backups were reported.
The student was transported to Cherry Brook Primary School on another vehicle, officials said.
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Police Chief Christopher Arciero said the accident remains under investigation.
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