Texas Parade Accident Injures At Least 9

OVERTON, Texas (AP) - A hospital official says an accident at a holiday parade in east Texas has injured at least nine people, some of them children.

Mother Frances Hospital spokesman John Moore says eight people are being evaluated Monday night at the facility in Tyler. Another person was flown to a Dallas hospital after the accident in the town of Overton.

Moore says the injured include three women and five boys ranging in age from 6 to 11. Their conditions are not available.

Moore says the accident is connected to an annual Christmas parade. No other details on the accident are immediately available.

Overton police did not immediately return calls from The Associated Press.

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