An accident Thursday night in Centennial Park, during the Blueberry Festival send a 5 year old boy to the hospital.
According to the Plymouth Police Report, about 9:50 Carlos Thompson of Syracuse was driving his vehicle on Randolph Street leaving the Blueberry Festival. Thompson failed to see a 5 year old boy walking on the side of the roadway with his aunt. The passenger side mirror of the vehicle struck the boy in the back of the head. He was transported to the hospital with minor injuries.
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