WORCESTER — A pedestrian accident Friday night on Belmont Street that left a woman and two young children injured remained under investigation Saturday. Police said in a press release that speed did not appear to have been a factor in the accident and that no charges have been filed.

The three pedestrians who were hit by a taxi - a 24-year-old woman and two girls, a 2-year-old and 5-year-old - were reported in good condition at a local hospital after being treated at the scene and transported by ambulance to a nearby hospital, according to police.



Police said all three were alert and conscious Friday night. In a press release, they said the woman suffered a minor head injury and an injury to her foot, as well as bruising. The 5-year-old, who is the woman's daughter, suffered a facial injury and a minor head injury. The 2-year-old, who is not a relative, had a broken collar bone and rib injury. All three were listed in good condition.



The trio was crossing Belmont Street from the south side heading toward the north side when they were struck by the cab, police said.



Michael Ranese was walking to the corner store about 8 p.m. and saw the woman start to cross the street with the two young children.

Mr. Ranese said all three victims were hit by the cab, which was heading east, and thrown onto the street. He said it appeared the driver of the cab, who remained at the scene, did not see the woman and children trying to cross, right at the mouth of the driveway to Belmont Street Community School at 170 Belmont St.

"He didn't slam the brakes until after they flew off the car," said Mr. Ranese, who lives nearby.

Mr. Ranese said he ran across the street to try to help and said it appeared that at least initially, the woman appeared to have lost consciousness. She later came to. He said he was just trying to get them not to move, and said a firetruck that happened to be driving by stopped to help.

Paramedics arrived soon after. Firefighters and paramedics tended to the three victims. The woman was in a wet gutter near a storm drain, and was talking. The young girl was crying, and was lifted onto a stretcher and into an ambulance by a paramedic. The youngest victim, also crying, was immobilized by firefighters and paramedics and was also loaded onto a stretcher.

The police crash reconstruction unit later arrived to investigate. The taxicab appeared to have a smashed passenger side windshield. Mr. Ranese said the woman ended up in the immediate area of where she was hit, but said the children were thrown more of a distance by the impact.



The identities of those involved have not been released.