Debris flies toward 3 Pontiac children after pickup truck strikes their apartment
Three children had to climb out of a window to escape after a pickup truck crashed into the front door of their apartment in Pontiac, Michigan, sending debris flying their way.
The crash happened at about 12:20 a.m. Saturday on Firelite Lane near Cherry Hill Drive.
The children — a 13-year-old girl and two 10-year-old boys — were in the living room when the 2018 Chevrolet Silverado smashed into the building, according to the report from the Oakland County Sheriff's Office.
"I was laying in my bed. Me and my fiancé were laying there and we just heard 'Skirttt. Boom' really loud. We hopped up and looking out the window, and we see the car in the apartment," said Mya Edwards, who lives across the street from the crash.
As deputies were en route to the scene, officers were told the Silverado driver was running away while carrying a dog.
The children had just gone to the apartment to pick up some personal items and were planning to return momentarily to a babysitter's home across the street at the time of the crash. Because the truck crashed through the front door and front window of the apartment, they had to break out another window and climb out that way to get out.
The three "suffered minor scrapes from flying debris," the report said, but were treated at the scene.
"Imagine you're sitting in the living room of your home and suddenly the main front door and the window of the front are destroyed by a car blasting into your living room, terrifying three young kids," said Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard.
In the meantime, a crowd of people pointed deputies to a woman who was, by that time, being held by a security guard as the driver in the incident. That woman, a 36-year-old Pontiac resident, was taken to the hospital for a check on possible injuries.
In the meantime, the woman denied she was the driver of the vehicle.
Deputies said she was arrested on a charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, but was released from custody pending toxicology tests.
