Dad, mom and 8 children involved in DWI crash in Galveston County, officials say
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HOUSTON – A family is shaken up after a DWI crash in Galveston County, officials said.
Authorities said a father, a mother and their eight children were involved in the crash Friday night near Interstate 45 and Tiki Island. The vehicle went off the road at the cloverleaf interchange at the exit.
Four of the children were injured and taken to the hospital. The most serious injury was a broken leg, according to the Galveston County Sheriff’s Office. None of the children were wearing seatbelts or in car seats, the sheriff said.
4 children injured in crash near Tiki Island, male driver arrested
GALVESTON, Texas - One man was arrested following a one-vehicle crash that injured four children in Galveston.
The crash occurred near Tiki Island when the vehicle they were in crashed after exiting I-45 northbound, veered off the highway and into a grassy marsh.
Galveston County Sheriff Henry Trochesset said there were two adults, a male and a female, and eight children in the vehicle.