PHILAELPHIA (AP) — A sport utility vehicle went out of control on a northeast Philadelphia boulevard and crashed into two other vehicles, killing a woman and a boy and critically injuring the SUV driver and two other children, police said.
The SUV was heading south on Roosevelt Boulevard at high speed at about 12:10 a.m. Saturday when the operator lost control, hit a curb and flew 15 to 20 feet before flipping into two vehicles stopped at a red light, police said.
Police said a 34-year-old woman and an 11-year-old boy in the SUV were pronounced dead at the scene while the 57-year-old man driving the SUV was taken to Einstein Medical Center in critical condition. A 15-year-old boy was in critical condition and a 12-year-old girl was critical but stable at St. Christopher’s Hospital, police said.
Two people in one of the cars were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries while the driver of the third car was uninjured.
Police said the accident remains under investigation.
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