The pictures from the scene show partly completely demolished cars: In a collision with a stolen police car in Dayton, Ohio, at least two children were killed.
Police in Dayton said on Tuesday (local time) that a suspect drove over a crossroads in red on a stolen police car at a speed of over 150 kilometers per hour on Monday evening, causing the accident involving several vehicles.
According to the police, one adult and seven children were sitting in one of the affected cars. Two six-year-old girls were killed and a third child was in critical condition. Several other people were injured.
Even the suspect is in the hospital, but is in a stable condition, they said. The man is said to have injured another person with a knife before the accident. According to initial investigations, he initially drove off in his own car, then strayed off the lane while driving and hit a tree.
Dayton is not coming out of the headlines
When police came to this first scene of the accident, he stole the police car and fled. Then it came to the second, fatal accident.
The city of Dayton had hit the headlines a few weeks ago with a devastating gunshot attack. In the attack in early August, a gunman killed nine people there. Among the victims was the sister of the offender. The 24-year-old, who had used protective equipment and an automatic weapon during his assassination, was shot dead by the police. The autopsy showed that he had alcohol and drugs in his blood at the time of the crime.
