Three of
the four
people
killed
in the
crash
were
members
of the
same
family,
according
to a
GoFundMe
set up
to help
pay
funeral
expenses.
(Family
Photo
provided
by
KTLA-TV)
1-year-old
survives
Detroit-area
crash
that
killed 4
APNews.Com
HARPER
WOODS,
Mich. -
A
1-year-old
buckled
into
what
police
described
as an
ill-fitting
car seat
was the
only
survivor
after an
SUV
crashed
into a
bridge
near
Detroit
early
Monday,
killing
the
vehicle’s
other
four
occupants,
including
the
child’s
mother.
The
Buick
SUV was
speeding
down
Interstate-94
in
Harper
Woods
when the
driver
tried to
pass
another
car,
lost
control,
careened
across
the
lanes,
and
ended up
striking
the
bridge
around 1
a.m.,
the
Associated
Press
and the
Detroit
Free-Press
reported.
The
sole
survivor
of the
crash
was the
toddler.
“The
baby was
in the
car
seat,”
witness
John
Wade
told
WXYZ in
Detroit.
“That
was the
only
thing
that
probably
… saved
the
baby.”
None
of the
adults
were
wearing
seat
belts,
police
said.
The
front-seat
passengers
were
pinned
in the
car by
the
impact;
those in
the back
were
ejected.
The
child,
who had
just
turned 1
on
Saturday,
was
strapped
into a
car
seat.
“It
wasn’t
the
right
age, it
wasn’t
the
right
fit, it
wasn’t
the
right
anything
and
still
saved
this
kid’s
life,”
Michigan
State
Police
Lt. Mike
Shaw
said of
the car
seat
that was
holding
a
1-year-old.
The
deceased
have
been
identified
as
driver
Doreal
Rogers,
20;
front-seat
passenger
Alesia
Maddox,
20; and
Armonie
Maddox
and
Ervin
Johnson,
both 18,
who were
in the
back.
The
Maddoxes
were
identified
as
brother
and
sister;
a third
victim
was also
related,
according
to a
GoFundMe
page set
up for
the
three
family
members.
First
responders
described
the
crash as
one of
the
worst
they’ve
seen.
“Just
the
amount
of
carnage
I guess
involved
in this
crash,
it kind
of set a
lot of
people
back,”
Shaw
said.
(This is
one of
the
weirder
car
crashes
to
happen
of
late.)
This
article
originally
appeared
on
Newser:
Toddler
Buckled
All
Wrong in
Car Seat
Is Only
Crash
Survivor