Orange City, Iowa — There were a few tense moments for Orange City EMTs on Friday when their pagers went off with the report of a vehicle-versus-child car accident in Orange City. But fortunately, it wasn’t as serious as it sounded.
The Orange City Police Department reports that about 2:05 p.m., 43-year-old Jessica Nolan-Bruinsma of Orange City was driving a 2015 Chevy Tahoe southbound on Albany Avenue in Orange City. Seven-year-old Mason Cronin of Orange City was eastbound on the south crosswalk of Third Street Southwest on a bicycle.
The report says that Nolan-Bruinsma was leaving the stop sign after letting a girl cross the roadway in the crosswalk. The report says the boy did not slow down when approaching the roadway and struck the rear passenger side of the Tahoe. It says he sustained minor injuries, but was checked out by Orange City EMTs and was released to his mother.
The Tahoe was not damaged.
