5-year-old hospitalized after car crashes into Montgomery County pool

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Friday, July 15, 2016
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A 5-year-old escaped serious injury after a vehicle went off a roadway and landed in a swimming pool in Montgomery County.

SALFORD TWP., Pa. (WPVI) -- A 5-year-old escaped serious injury after a vehicle went off a roadway and landed in a swimming pool in Montgomery County.

The accident happened just after 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the unit block of Ridge Road in Salford Township, Pennsylvania.

Police say the driver lost control of the vehicle and crash into a pool.

The driver refused treatment, but the child was flown to a nearby hospital for what appear to be nonlife-threatening injuries.

Police are investigating.