Driver Faces Charges After Car Accident Takes the Lives of 5 Children
Houston police plan to charge a man suspected of being intoxicated when he crashed his car into a flooded ditch on Saturday, drowning five children trapped in the car, reported CBC News.
Chanton Jenkins, 32, failed a field sobriety test after Saturday's accident and three counts of intoxication manslaughter are being prepared against him, Houston police spokesman Kese Smith told CBC News Sunday.
Houston was experiencing major rain storms and "massive flash flooding" at the time of the accident, reported CNN.
The car was found at 7:30 p.m., two hours after the accident, by rescue workers about 30 metres from where Jenkins crashed, Houston assistant fire chief Omero Longoria told the Houston Chronicle newspaper (CBC News).
Three boys, ages 4, 7, 11, were found inside the vehicle, drowned. One girl's body, a 1-year-old, was found but a 3-year-old girls body is still missing. Four of the Five children who died were Jenkin's said Jenkin's brother, who was in the car too, reported CBC News.
They managed to save one girl, 10, from the car wreck before they were unable to open the doors of the car, reported CNN.