5 Injured, Including 2 Children, After Car Crashes Into Emergency Room Lobby

The driver of a car that crashed into the emergency room in Austin, Tex. on Tuesday night is dead. Five others, including two children, were injured in the incident.

No other information about the driver was immediately available.

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“I heard screaming and lots of other noise,“eyewitness Steven Hughes told local affiliate KVUEanchor Daranesha Herron. “I looked down the hallway and I could see lots of smoke. I just went down there to see what was going on. I didn’t know if it was an explosion or what. People just started pulling people away from the area. I could see a car had crashed into the area of the ER.”

“We are so thankful that the building itself appears to be in good condition, and there’s been no impact to operations outside the emergency department at all,” a spokesperson told FOX 7 Austin.

“This incident does not appear to be an intentional act,“a Facebook post from Austin Police Departmentsaid. The police said there is no threat to the public and the investigation is ongoing.

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