Carjacker Killed Three Children in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two men forced a woman into the backseat of her sport utility vehicle at gunpoint, drove off but later lost control and plowed into a group of people on a corner near a fruit stand on Friday, police said. Three children, all siblings, were killed, and at least two other people were critically injured.

The woman was carjacked about a mile away from the scene of the accident in the Tioga section of north Philadelphia, where the car jumped a curb, Homicide Capt. James Clark said.

"Something obviously went horribly wrong at this intersection," he said. "The vehicle went out of control."

The victims who died were 7- and 10-year-old brothers and their 15-year-old sister. They had been selling fruit to raise money for their church.

Police said one of the boys was pronounced dead at the scene and the girl died at a hospital. The other boy died later.

Their mother was in critical condition.

The two men fled the scene on foot and are being sought.