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Five kids, two adults injured in crash

A Windsor man has been charged after a minivan went off the road and hit a hydro pole in Elgin County, sending seven people, including a baby, to hospital.

The Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police said emergency crews were called to a single-vehicle crash at the intersection of Vienna Line and Imperial Road around 7:30 a.m. Monday. According to police, the minivan left the road, went into a ditch, and then hit the hydro pole.

"The van had a total of seven passengers, five children ranging in ages of two months to eight years old and two adults," police said in a statement issued Monday afternoon. "All seven were taken to hospital with injuries ranging from minor to serious. All seven passengers are reported in stable condition."

The 32-year-old driver of the minivan, who is from Windsor, has been charged with careless driving.

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