DETROIT – Two cars involved in an illegal street race in Detroit ran through a red light and one of them crashed into an SUV with two adults and two children inside.
The crash happened around 11 p.m. Sunday (May 8) at the intersection of Tireman Avenue and Epworth Street on Detroit’s west side
Police said the area is a spot that is big for illegal street racing because in that area is a half of a mile straight away and the racing is getting people hurt.
The SUV was trying to turn left onto Tireman when the racers went through the red light. Darin Brooks is a security guard at Govanni Used Cars, just feet away.
“I didn’t hear any warning, no skid marks. No, nothing, just a loud boom like something exploded,” Brooks said.
The SUV was badly damaged and its occupants were trapped inside. Bystanders immediately started trying to get them out of the vehicle. The children were pulled from the SUV and bleeding.
The racing driver whose car wasn’t involved in the crash helped the other racer get out of their car. They fled the scene in the vehicle that wasn’t involved in the crash.
Detroit police are investigating. The four people hurt in the crash are in stable condition, according to police.
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