Three children narrowly escaped serious injury when a pickup truck slammed into the living room of their Pontiac home this past weekend, officials said.

It happened at around 12:20 a.m. last Saturday at an apartment on Firelite Lane near Cherry Hill Drive when a woman driving a 2018 Chevrolet Silverado apparently lost control of the vehicle and crashed into the front door and front window, according to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office. She fled after the crash, the sheriff’s office said, then was arrested a short time later — suspected of being intoxicated while driving.

The sheriff’s office said the children, two 10-year-old boys and a 13-year-old girl, had gone to the apartment just minutes before to pick up personal belongings and were planning to return to their babysitter’s home across the street when the crash occurred. The kids broke out a window to get out of the apartment, and suffered minor scrapes from flying debris. They were treated at the scene.

The suspected driver, a 36-year-old Pontiac woman, was pointed out by a large crowd that gathered at the scene, the sheriff’s office said. A security guard turned her over to deputies, the sheriff’s office said, and she denied being the driver. She was arrested on suspicion of operating while intoxicated and released from custody pending toxicology reports.

“It’s beyond belief with so many ride options that people still choose to drive under the influence of alcohol or drugs,” Sheriff Michael Bouchard said. “They senselessly and recklessly put themselves and others in danger of injury or death, and they need to be held accountable.”