NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — An incident on Friday night involving two adults and a motor vehicle sent one to the hospital and left the other facing charges. It had initially been heard as involving a child. 

 

According to Lt. Anthony Beverly, police dispatch received two calls just before 9 p.m. from the Adams Police Department and then a second separately about a child be struck by a car near Peter W. Foote Vietnam Veterans Memorial Skating Rink.

 

The first was a request to be on the lookout, or BOLO, for northbound vehicle last seen on Howland Avenue. The response to the second call, heard over the scanner, was widely reported over Facebook because of the mention of a child. 

 

Police, Fire and Northern Berkshire EMS responded as a result of the second call. First-responders found no child but rather the vehicle that was the subject of the BOLO. 

 

The vehicle was on Church Street near the West Shaft Road intersection; traffic was turned back and road between Southview Cemetery and past West Shaft was closed briefly during the investigation. 

 

"The incident was related to a single vehicle, the same one from the previous BOLO, that contained only two occupants, both of which are adults," Beverly reported. "One occupant was transported to Berkshire Medical Center's Main Campus (in Pittsfield) for treatment. The other occupant was taken into custody for criminal charges."

 

He said no additional information could be provided as the incident was still under investigation and "due to the nature of the call."