SHARE

Truck's Emergency System Calls Police To Lancaster Crash That Injured 6 Including Kids

A three-year-old and a five-month-old were among the six injured in a crash in Lancaster County on Saturday, according to Northern Lancaster County Regional police.

The car after the crash and the Stewart family.

The car after the crash and the Stewart family.

Photo Credit: Taylor Rose Photography/Facebook- Krista Stewart

The crash occurred at the intersection of Clay Road and Pinehill Road in Lititz, Warwick Township around 8 a.m.

Dispatchers learned of the crash when "automated in-car reporting systems indicated that sounds emanating from the crash scene included screams and crying," police said in a statement.

Upon arrival police found a 2015 Chevrolet Equinox driven by Jean A. Lare, 60, of the 100 block of Windy Hill Drive in Lititz, failed to stop at the intersection.

She collided with a 2016 Ford F-150 driven by Cody N. Stewart, 31, of the 100 block of Mount Olive Lane in Ephrata.

Stewart's vehicle to overturned, flipping into an adjacent field.

Stewart's 5-month-old infant, 3-year-old child, wife Krista and himself all suffered “moderate to major crash-related injuries," police said in a statement and according to Krista's Facebook profile.

Lare and one passenger in her vehicle were also injured.

All six people were transported to area hospitals.

The Stewart family has been released from the hospital, "my husband and I are still very sore," Krista Stewart told Daily Voice. 

"We are all very very lucky. We had someone watching over us that’s for sure. It could’ve been so much worse. We are being evaluated by our (doctors) but we are all together and that’s what really matters to me," Krista Stewart concluded her exclusive statement to Daily Voice.

Lare has been cited via summons for a stop sign violation and for Careless Driving.

to follow Daily Voice Lancaster and receive free news updates.

SCROLL TO NEXT ARTICLE