4 injured by alleged DUI driver
Cops: Woman swerved to miss ball but hit kids, adults.
A WOMAN WHO WAS driving drunk Saturday night in Northeast Philadelphia swerved to miss a ball in the street and instead hit four people, including a mother and her two children, police said.
One of the children, a 5-year-old girl, was critically injured in the crash. That child's 2-year-old brother, her 36-year-old mother and another 33-year-old woman were hospitalized in stable condition, according to police.
The driver, Erika Williams, 28, was speeding in a 1994 Oldsmobile down Anchor Street near Summerdale Avenue in Summerdale about 10:54 p.m. when a ball rolled into the roadway in front of her, police said.
Williams swerved to miss the ball but hit the 5-year-old girl, and the car jumped the curb, hitting the other three pedestrians, police said.
The children were taken to St. Christopher's Hospital for Children. The little girl suffered a severe leg injury, and her brother had a dislocated pelvis, authorities said.
The two women were treated at area hospitals for complaints of pain and were listed in stable condition.
Williams, of Hill Creek Circle near Adams Avenue in Crescentville, was charged with four counts each of aggravated assault while driving under the influence of intoxicants, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, possessing instruments of a crime and criminal mischief, and related charges.
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