UPDATED: OUI Arrest in Two-Car Crash on Essex Bridge

Three people were injured including a young child when a car and a cab crashed on the Essex Street Bridge shortly before 1 pm Wednesday.

Police charged Dana Hartigan, 47, of 32 Everett St., Lynn with operating under the influence of liquor, three counts of possession of a Class E substance, marked lanes violation, unlicensed operation and negligent operation of a motor vehicle.

The injuries did not appear to be life threatening but the three of them were transported to Salem Hospital, said Capt. Kevin Thompson.

One of the injured was a boy, who was about 5- years old and quite shaken up by the incident, the fire captain said.

The drivers of both vehicles were fitted with cervical collars and placed on backboards and into ambulances.

The child was placed in a Kendrick Extrication Device, a brace that secures the upper body and head, and a cervical collar and placed in an ambulance.

Both vehicles received major front-end damage and were towed from the scene.

Workers tossed absorbent material over a large swath of road where automobile fluids had leaked after the collision. The workers then gathered the material and hauled it off.

Police officers blocked the area to traffic during the cleanup and towing.

The curved bridge is a short distance from .

The driver of the black car and the operator of the white cab were injured.

The child was a passenger in the cab, riding with his father, also a passenger.

Captain Thompson said the injured people appeared to be fortunate that they were not more seriously hurt.

"There was a lot of impact, a lot of force," he said.

The police report was still being processed late yesterday.

The Salem police log states that an officer drove to Salem Hospital shortly after 1:30 to detain a woman transported there from an accident in Swampscott but Swampscott police had already arrived.