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Background: News footage depicting the serious consequences of a car accident that injured a mother and her four children (KHOU). Inset: Terrance Carr (Harris County Jail).
A man from Texas, alleged by witnesses to have fled the scene of an accident in which his wife and four children were injured, was apprehended — marking his second arrest in just two months.
As outlined in a criminal complaint, the Harris County assistant district attorney stated that Terrance Carr, aged 40, willfully left his injured children behind following an accident in which his SUV rolled into the bayou. The crash also hurt his wife and four children, who are between 7 months and 8 years old. Witnesses present at the scene reported hearing Carr, with one woman recounting his words “Get my kids” and “I gotta get outta here” before he escaped on foot.
Another witness at the scene told police that she saw Carr as well and heard him say, “I’m running” and “I’m wanted.” She also told police that Carr “smelled of alcohol and drugs.”
According to court records and the criminal complaint, Carr was out on bail for a Feb. 13 arrest for DWI with a child passenger and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.
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The criminal complaint said that Carr’s wife told police while she was at the hospital that she was the driver of the family’s Ford Expedition. She was treated for a broken arm and other injuries to her face that left her “exhibiting signs of confusion.” Police determined that she was not in a condition to render aid to her four children after the crash due to her own injuries.
Two of the children, the 3-year-old and 8-year-old, required surgery for a collapsed lung and injuries to the abdomen, respectively. The conditions of the 7-month-old and 4-year-old children were not noted in the complaint, but local CBS affiliate KHOU reported that two of the victims were reportedly in serious condition while the three others were in critical condition. They also noted that the 8-year-old was thrown from the vehicle. All of them are expected to survive.
The complaint noted that Carr allegedly drove the same Ford Expedition with all of the same children in the car when he was arrested for DWI in February.
Houston Police Captain Ryan Watson told KHOU that investigators saw a Ford Expedition on surveillance cameras that was possibly going as fast as 100 mph in a 45 mph zone.
Carr was charged with abandoning a child in imminent danger and arrested on March 27. He is being held without bail at Harris County Jail. His next court date is scheduled for April 3.
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