Police: Car Exceeded 70 Mph Before Fatally Striking 2 Kids

A driver accelerated to more than 70 mph on a residential street while fleeing officers before striking and killing two young children and injuring three other children and an adult

Suffolk County Police investigate the SUV car where three people were shot to death inside a car and a fourth person was injured on Davidson Street on Thursday, June 4, 2015 in Wyandanch, N.Y. AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek

DETROIT—A driver accelerated to more than 70 mph on a residential street while fleeing officers before striking and killing two young children and injuring three other children and an adult, police said.

The chase Wednesday evening on the city’s east side lasted about 75 seconds, police Chief James Craig said. Police began chasing a Chevrolet Camaro with a firearms suspect inside, but lost sight of the vehicle, he said. The car then struck the children and an adult a few blocks away.

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