A Canton woman and two of her children were injured when she crashed into the back of a truck on state Route 21 in Massillon on Saturday evening.
A 2007 Commercial Freightliner hauling a flatbed trailer loaded with piping was stopped at a red light on Route 21 southbound at Lake Street about 6 p.m. Saturday. A 2014 Kia Sorrento was driving southbound on Route 21 and struck the rear of the flatbed trailer, according to a press release from the Canton post of the State Highway Patrol.
Bridget McCune, 34, of Canton, the driver of the Kia, sustained nonlife-threatening injuries. McCune’s 11-year-old son was seated in the right front passenger seat and her 5-year-old daughter was in a booster seat on the right rear passenger side. The children received serious injuries.
McCune and her son were taken to Affinity Hospital and her daughter was transported to Aultman Hospital. The children were later transferred to Akron Children’s Hospital.
David Samuel Dixon, 33, of Alabama, the truck driver, wasn’t injured, nor was his passenger.
The crash remains under investigation. Alcohol appears to be a factor, according to the patrol’s press release.