Driver Plows Into Crowd at Mich. Carnival

Associated Press May 21, 2006

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — A van driver plowed into an inflatable “Moon
Walk” attraction at a church carnival, injuring at least eight people,
according to police and news reports.

The man drove his van into a crowd of people in the parking lot of
Alex Manoogian School in the suburban Detroit town of Southfield at
about 2 p.m., police said. The lot was the site of a fair put on by
St. John’s Armenian Church.

“We tried our best to stop him,” said Josep Torossian, principal of
the high school division at the charter school. “He wouldn’t listen to
me.”

The man fled, but police traced the van to a home in Troy, where he
was arrested. He was to be arraigned Monday in Southfield, police said
in a news release.

At least six children and two adults were treated at nearby Providence
Hospital, the Detroit News reported.

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