Children escape serious injury after truck crash into apartment
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — A pickup truck crashed into a Pontiac apartment's living room early Saturday morning, and the three children inside narrowly avoided serious injury.
The Oakland County Sheriff's Office reports that the crash happened around 12:20 a.m. on May 17 at an apartment on Firelite Ln. near Cherry Hill Dr. in Pontiac.
Deputies were sent to the location for reports of a crash involving a 2018 Chevrolet Silverado and the driver attempting to run away while carrying her dog.
The office says three children, two 1-year-old boys and a 13-year-old girl, had stopped at their apartment minutes before the crash to pick up personal belongings. They planned to return to their babysitter across the street when the crash happened.
The children had to break out a nearby window and climb through it to get out of the apartment.
The truck crashed through the front door and window, sending debris and items in the living room flying throughout the apartment.
The office says the children suffered minor scrapes but were treated at the scene and did not require further medical attention.
The driver, a 36-year-old Pontiac woman, was arrested a short time later. A security guard stopped the driver from leaving the scene.
The office says she was taken to the hospital for possible injuries. She denied that she was the driver of the truck.
She was arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated but was released from custody pending toxicology reports.
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