Three Children Injured in Hwy 21 Rollover

By: KBTX Staff Email

Updated: Mon 6:45 PM, Jun 04, 2012

UPDATE:

Traffic is once again moving on Highway 21 East near Mathis Creek following a rollover wreck have left three children injured.

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UPDATE:

Texas Department of Public Safety State Trooper Kelly Kraig says the patient airlifted from the scene of the accident is a teenage girl. She was taken to St. Joseph Hospital in Bryan.

Kraig says the accident happened when a tire came off of the Suburban driven by the child's mother.

The names of those injured are not being released.

News 3 will additional updates when they become available.

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A one-vehicle rollover accident northeast of Bryan has left three children injured and westbound lanes of Highway 21 shut down.

According to authorities, the wreck happened around 2:45 p.m. Monday near Mathis Creek on the east side of Bryan towards Kurten.

A PHI helicopter is slated to take one child from the scene, but that child has been stabilized. All patients are being taken to St. Joseph Hospital in Bryan.

News 3 will have more as it becomes available.

Wreck on Highway 21 Sends Driver to Hospital

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