SOMERVILLE, Mass. (WHDH) — A child was seriously injured after the car they were riding in crashed into the front of a church in Somerville on Friday.

The crash happened in the area of Temple Street and Memorial Road. Firefighters said the car was rear-ended and slid forward. It then crashed into the stairs of the Missionary Church of the Haitian Community.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.

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