By KBC Associate :max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(636x550:638x552)/three-children-were-hit-by-a-car-while-selling-lemonade-061125-f3f63bff62ec49eab21a95b2f10a8a0e.jpg?ssl=1 "It Was Just a Lemonade Stand — Then a Car Crashed Into the Kids, and Everything Turned Horrific")
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- Police allege Haley Erin McCorkle caused a crash while turning left, hitting a Nissan Altima that was then pushed into a lemonade stand where three young girls were critically injured, according to reports
- The girls were rushed to the hospital, two by airlift and one by ambulance
- McCorkle was charged with a misdemeanor for failure to yield causing bodily injury, but was not impaired or speeding
A North Carolina woman is facing charges after she allegedly caused another car to crash into three girls who were running a lemonade stand in a mobile home park.
24-year-old Haley Erin McCorkle was allegedly trying to turn left out of a driveway when she crossed paths with an oncoming Nissan Altima, Queen City News reported, citing police. The impact of the crash caused the Nissan Altima to veer off the road and into a front yard where the three girls were selling lemonade.
The girls, who are 7, 8 and 9 years old, were all critically injured and rushed to a nearby hospital, the outlet reported, per police. Two of the girls were airlifted to the hospital and the third was taken in an ambulance.
“I was right there, and it just happened so fast,” a sister of one of the girls told Queen City News. “I just ran and got my mom.”
The North Carolina State Highway Patrol said that McCorkle was charged with a misdemeanor for failure to yield the right of way causing bodily injury, WSOC-TV reported. Investigators don’t believe she was impaired or that she was speeding at the time of the crash.
The driver of the Nissan Altima will not face any charges, the local outlets reported. And neither of the drivers sustained any injuries from the crash.
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“We thought all three of them were dead,” Jessica Tallent, a mother of one of the girls involved in the crash, said to WCNC. “It’s been very emotional. I was bawling my eyes out.”
Family members and loved ones of the girls involved are hoping they will soon recover from their injuries. “It’s very hard,” David Denton, a family member of one of the girls, said to the outlet. “The parents shouldn’t have to see nothing like that.”