Out-of-control SUV incident: ‘We averted a major tragedy today’

May 11, 2024 by Carol Britton Meyer
Only minor injuries were reported today (Saturday, May 11) around approx 10:40 a.m. when Cohasset police received numerous 911 calls reporting an out-of-control SUV driving across the front athletic field of Cohasset Middle-High School on Pond Street, according to Police Chief William Quigley.

When officers arrived, they learned that a 2017 Chevrolet Suburban had rolled out of a parking space down a steep hill and onto a soccer field where kindergarten-aged children were playing lacrosse. Coaches and parents managed to push the children out of the path of the driverless vehicle, which had two small children in car seats.

The vehicle crossed the field, struck a bus, crashed through a chain-link fence, crossed Pond Street and finally stopped in a yard near 150 Pond St.

Cohasset Fire Department paramedics treated the two young children in the SUV and a motorcoach at the scene for minor injuries. There were no transports to the hospital.

This incident remains under investigation and no charges have been filed. Quigley said: “Thanks to the quick actions of coaches and spectators, we were able to avert a major tragedy today.”