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On the night of August 12th, 2023, a young family was driving through Sterling Heights, Michigan. Unaware that a speeding SUV was about to cross their path. Minutes earlier, officers tried to stop a Chevrolet Equinox for erratic driving near 15 Mile Road in Van Djke Avenue. Instead of pulling over, the teenage driver sped off, hitting nearly 93 mph as police activated their lights and sirens. With traffic building ahead, officers began to back off, but the driver didn't. Heat. Heat. I got six Less than 2 minutes later, the SUV reached the intersection of Van Dyke Avenue and Metropolitan Parkway at over 80 mph, ran a red light, and crashed into the family's vehicle. You see your head? I see your head. I got him. I got him. CHECK ON THEM. CHECK ON THEM. CHECK ON THEM. Are you stupid, man? >> Anyone else in the car? Check the car. Anyone else in the car? No. Close that mother. Hey guys. Yeah. Go ahead. You thinking? You could have just somebody. I'm here. Hey, I was in the back seat. I'm here. Breathe. Do you want me to climb in? >> Hey, brother. >> Back here. >> Hey. Hey. This might be okay. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. I got two unconscious. >> Charlie 31. We got at least two unconscious. I don't know about breathing. >> Inside the GMC terrain was a family of three, a husband, wife, and their young child. The force of the impact crushed the passenger side of the SUV, leaving all three occupants trapped inside. When officers reached the vehicle, they found the driver and front seat passenger unresponsive. Their child secured in a rear-facing car seat was also unconscious. >> Yeah. You check out them. Check out that. Hey, go. >> I think there's just a dog in here, but yeah, just a dog. It's just a dog it looks like. But watch out for that dog. Joe, you okay? Is he okay? Is he okay? Is he okay? Huh? My dog. Your dog. You might just someone get in there. >> Get in there. WHAT IS IT? HEY, >> you going to cut it? >> Hey, hey, hey. I got two unconscious. Careful. air. >> Hello. [screaming] >> Hello. >> Here. What do you mean? What do you mean? It's okay. It's okay. Just find out how far is that deep. Where's that? >> No. Where's that? Where's that? >> Here. Come out here. Come out here. >> Hey, uh Aaron, mistake. >> They're right here. There's There's two in this car. Somebody stay with that car. >> You're okay. You're okay. >> Get on the side. Get on the side. Get on the side. >> Hold on. Hold on. If you got if you got 31 just left >> you okay love. >> As first responders worked frantically at the scene. Officers pulled the child from the wreckage and began rendering aid while firefighters used rescue tools to free the adults from the mangled vehicle. Wake up, buddy. >> They got two in here. >> What's the ETA on fire? >> They're coming. 17. I see them on my map. They're almost there. >> I respond to child. child of our car. >> We're going to need somebody to park. Hey guys. Hey guys. Sir. Sir. >> Where's the Where's the baby at? Sir, the baby's right there. ready. [screaming] >> WHO'S GOING TO THE HOSPITAL? >> NO. YEP. THE BABY TOO. He's over here. >> We got two other ones. >> Another vehicle. >> Over here. >> Right now. So, how many total? >> Two more hours. Now, I'm holding a child. one with diagonal breathing. Is that the one that is down with now? >> Where did our car go? >> Where's that? >> Dispatch 35. >> So, we have two priority ones in one vehicle. We have a small child. That's critical. 3105 to 3102. Can you start to traffic, please? Call in. I'm calling up to you now. Let me know whether we got assist with the blood drying. I'm good. I know which way they're going. >> They're going to Troy Bulmont. Troy Bulmont. >> Yeah, I know that. I just need to know the route. >> We have 17 shut off for you. 17 mile 17. Once FD out, they're going to be transporting to Walmart priority one and they're going to be taking Metro. Be we do have other units. distance is shutting off 37 northbound on >> All three victims were rushed to nearby hospitals with life-threatening injuries. The father was transported in critical condition while the young child was stabilized before being transferred to a pediatric trauma center. The mother, who was pregnant at the time, was rushed into emergency surgery as doctors fought to save her life. But despite their efforts, she succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced dead shortly after midnight, turning an already devastating crash into an even greater tragedy for the family. >> So, I'm assuming he blew the light. >> Yeah. So, he came up to the breaker light, which was red. He did kind of slow down for the breaker light. >> Okay. >> And then he kept going and then Yeah, he blew this one. >> Okay. He blew this one. And then I'm assuming they were going So, they're probably going east. Okay. All right, we'll just hang out here. >> Just confirm you're still at the hospital. >> We'll get updates. The >> baby was crying. The guy was a which is huge. >> And then female obviously go at the hospital by her. >> That was by her. Okay. Just hang in the car. I'll keep it by. I'll keep it by me. in your back seat. >> Yeah. >> On a standpoint, you guys did nothing wrong. Okay. Absolutely nothing wrong. So, uh don't even worry about that. Okay. So, they're calling Sergeant just to see what the process is with him as far as um the blood draw is concerned and then where he where he's going to be housed at. >> The key thing is the baby was crying. right now. >> The driver the driver was Agnal and then they started CPR on the female and the the female appeared to be responding when um I first made contact, right? So, um it could be could be some sort of uh in a shop or whatever it may be. They are calling uh traffic to come in. Honestly, they're just trying to get people. So that um death camp is going to do his thing as soon as we hear then we'll have you guys to the hospital to the station. I can't remember if you need parental consent for a blood job. I don't remember either. I I I have to double check, but Jamie said at a minimum at a minimum, let's I'm going to talk to one of the few guys be like, "Hey, he wants to be checked out. If they have to call a warning to us, we can just do that and you have to go to the hospital. You guys have just like Okay. All right. The kid was a I was >> I was with the baby, me and Brooke. >> Initiated a stop at about 15 of Van Dyke. Um car took off, went a mile and crashed into a car going eastbound. Um they uh the other family was in this car. >> So that that was suspect. He's in the back right now. >> Okay. One person >> one person I guess. >> Okay. >> Um the car that he hit had male female and uh baby was seemed >> she was crying and awake. >> The two uh were unresponsive but I think they said they >> Did you ever see this patient at all? >> Okay. >> He's in the back right now. >> You got Does he need to be checked? >> Well, that's what I think they were just doing. >> He's refusing. He's refusing. She's going over the house. >> There's a dog in there that we'll have to deal with at some point. >> Okay. >> The person behind the wheel was 16-year-old Travian Tuan D'Angelo Smith. According to investigators, Smith had multiple opportunities to stop and avoid what happened next. Instead, he allegedly pushed his SUV to nearly 93 mph, weaving through traffic as officers backed off due to safety concerns. Moments later, he entered a busy intersection against a red light and triggered a collision that would leave one woman dead. her unborn child lost and an entire family forever changed. >> Sounds like initially probable cause unless you think there's a problem with that. >> No, no, no. I'm just saying I don't think that >> I think you're fully capable of doing whatever. >> Let's do it. >> Yeah. Um >> unless you guys are shaking. If you're shaking, tell me you're shaking. >> No. No. Okay. >> Um it ain't going to be no big deal. I mean, what are we talking about? Doing a search warrant for blood? >> Yeah. I I my recommendation is you guys run the whole investigation. >> Okay. Instead of splitting it up. >> I'll just I'll call you and help me out a little bit. It's been a minute since I did one. >> Unless that's unless that's your better option for all that. >> Okay. You guys um you guys >> going to the hospital? >> Yeah. FD doesn't think they don't want to let him refuse to get into the search war and stuff. They'll just stay with him. >> And uh are you good with that? >> Okay. You want me to get a hold of mom on the way? We got to try to get a hold of I got the number out one way or another. I I'll start calling the family. I think we just told the parents where she's going now. So, mom has to get child care for her kids. She's in Southfield. I'm going to call her every 20 minutes to get updates. She's got to call her husband. is that we got time. >> Following the collision, Smith was taken into custody at the scene. As officers assessed the aftermath of the crash, they told him that someone may have been. According to investigators, Smith responded, "My bad." and repeatedly asked officers about the condition of his dog that had been inside the vehicle. He was later transported to a local hospital where officers obtained a court- authorized blood sample as part of the investigation. Subsequent toxicology testing found no alcohol or drugs in his system. >> I mean, thinking of going back to that night. There's no drugs in the car. There's no guns in the car. You don't have any alcohol on you. You don't even know that the the car has no insurance. >> When the case finally reached Mcome County Circuit Court, the judge was visibly shaken and deeply appalled. The court watched the horror unfold, learning that 31-year-old Faith GMA and her unborn child were and her husband was left permanently paralyzed. >> Okay, I know 16-year-old boys are dumb. I guess when that argument no longer goes anywhere. When you wipe out a family, you literally wipe out a family. >> With the legal process coming to a close in July 2025, Travian Smith finally faced the true cost of his catastrophic flight. The court handed down a crushing sentence, 25 to 50 years for seconddegree murder alongside maximum terms for a grossly negligent miscarriage, felony fleeing and eluding, and two counts of reckless driving.

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