Drunken Driver Sideswiped Northeast Metro Tech Van: Police

REVERE, MA — A Revere woman who officials said sideswiped a van carrying students was arrested and charged with drunken driving. Two students on the van, which is owned and operated by Northeast Metro Tech, were hospitalized as a precaution, having suffered non-life threatening injuries, a school spokesperson said.

The van was carrying 10 students from a vocational work site in Winthrop at it was sideswiped around 1 p.m. near Elliot Circle, officials said. The van suffered minor damage.

A 45-year-old Revere woman was arrested and charged with operating under the influence of alcohol, police said.

Police are investigating.

Northeast Metro Tech serves students from Malden, Melrose, North Reading, Wakefield, Winchester, Woburn, Stoneham, Reading, Chelsea, Saugus, Revere and Winthrop

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