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MCSO: 2 children taken to hospital after crash sends vehicle into canal

The children were taken to the hospital as a precaution, officials said. Fortunately, everyone is out of the car.
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MARICOPA COUNTY, Ariz. — Two children were taken to the hospital after a crash that sent one of the vehicles involved into a canal, a spokesperson with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said.

The crash happened near Perryville and Yuma roads shortly after 7 a.m. and the cause is currently unknown.

Everyone was able to make it out of the vehicle and the children were hospitalized as a precaution, officials said. No other injuries were reported.

Helicopter footage of the scene showed a motorcycle crashed nearby. MCSO confirmed that, after the initial crash, the motorcycle rear-ended another vehicle. The rider was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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