Three people, including a 2-year-old boy, received injuries in a chain-reaction crash in Elkhart.

It happened around 5:15 a.m. on Thursday, July 29, in the 700 block of Middlebury Street when police say the driver of a Ford was rear-ended by a Volkswagon.

The occupants of the Volkswagon and a local resident were in the road when the driver of a Chevy struck the Volkswagon, which then hit the people.

The driver of V-W suffered a punctured lung and fractures.

The resident suffered broken bones. Both she and the toddler also suffered fractures.

In all, five vehicles ended up being damaged by the chain reaction collisions.