A mother with two small children in her vehicle is accused of causing a fiery crash that sent her own kids, and a teen driving a second vehicle to the hospital.
According to Oakland County Sheriff’s Office investigators, a 28-year-old mother is believed to have caused the crash shortly after midnight in Oxford Township. The crash happened early Saturday morning.
It’s believed the mother’s vehicle crossed into oncoming traffic on Lapeer Road and crashed into a Dodge Durango that was being driven by 19-year-old Samantha Calhoun.
The impact of the crash flipped the truck, and caused it to start on fire.
David Walatkiewicz says he pulled up behind the crash and saw the teenager trapped inside her SUV. Walatkiewicz and another man busted the window, cut Samantha's seatbelt and pulled her from the vehicle.
"Within minutes after pulling her out of the vehicle, the entire car was in flames," said Walatkiewicz.
Many people are calling him a hero, but he says he just did what he hopes someone would do for him.
"I just thought about my family in that situation...or my mom in that car," he said.
Samantha was rushed to a hospital in Lapeer and later airlifted to Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak where she is now listed in serious condition.
The Oakland County Sheriff's Office says the alleged drunk driver is in serious condition at a local hospital. Her two children were also reportedly injured.
We're told her 7-year-old son is listed in critical condition and her 5-year-old daughter is listed in stable condition.
Deputies obtained a search warrant for a blood draw, but results have not yet been obtained.
A crash reconstruction unit is working to piece together the accident to explain how it happened.
