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11-year-old boy airlifted after six injured in Indio Crash

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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) - Six people are being treated for various injuries following a major crash on the border of Indio and Coachella. 

CAL FIRE says the crash happened around 7:30 p.m. tonight at Avenue 48 and Dillon road near Grapefruit Boulevard at the edge of those two cities. 

Two cars were involved and 6 people were injured between the two vehicles.

Five of them with suffering minor to moderate injuries were taken to the hospital by ambulance, and one victim, Indio Police confirmed, was an 11-year-old boy with serious injuries that was transported by helicopter. 

No word on a cause of that crash tonight.

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