Horrific moment suspected drunk driver plows into Michigan river with daughter and her two friends in the car before neighbors rush to pull young passengers from water

A suspected drunk driver crashed her truck off a riverbank with her daughter and her two young friends in the back.

The shocking moment was caught on a neighbor's surveillance camera in Newport, Michigan, on Sunday afternoon. 

Neighbors rushed out of their homes as a pickup truck careened down the quiet residential road at speed, before smashing into the raised bank, flying through the air and landing in the marshy river. 

The driver and three young girls were pulled from the car and assessed for injuries and the mother was taken to hospital, with police now awaiting a toxicology report. 

The mother of one of the young girls in the car, Shawlynn Reece, told Click On Detroit: 'I don’t understand why any grown adult who is supposed to be responsible could put their own kid, let alone someone else’s kids, babies in harm like that.'

The shocking moment was caught on a neighbor's CCTV camera in Newport, Michigan , on Sunday afternoon

Neighbors rushed out of their homes as the pickup truck careened down the quiet residential road at speed

It smashed into the raised bank, flew through the air and landed in the marshy river

The driver appears to have lost control of the car as it sped down a residential street near Superior Avenue and North Avenue in Newport. 

It smashed into a riverbank, flying through the air as a wheel came off and debris scattered. 

The car plummeted into the marshy bank, half submerged in the low water level.

Neighbor Bobbi Dansard ran out of her home to help, she told WXYZ: 'There was a boom, so I got out of bed, ran outside.

'There was a few other people who had jumped in the water, so I stayed on the berm so I could lift whoever was in the vehicle up on to the berm.' 

The surveillance footage shows frantic passersby pulling the young girls and driver from the water and laying them on the bank. 

Dansard said: 'These are 15 mph streets, so she was very reckless. Very reckless with her child and other people's children in the car.

'No mother who is in her right state of mind would drive like that with children in the car or without children in the car, especially out here. It was pretty traumatic for everybody involved.'

Her daughter, Tavin, was rushed to hospital but is now recovering at home with two black eyes, bruises, a sprained wrist, and some stitches

The mother of one of the girls in the car, Shawlynn Reece, rushed to the scene when she heard about the crash on the police scanner (pictured with her daughter)

Reece told Click On Detroit: 'I don’t understand why any grown adult who is supposed to be responsible could put their own kid, let alone someone else’s kids, babies in harm like that.'

The Monroe County Sheriff told WXYZ that there were only minor injuries and that the driver was suspected to be drunk. As of Wednesday, she has not been arrested and police are waiting for a toxicology report.  

The mother of one of the girls in the car, Reece, rushed to the scene when she heard about the crash on the police scanner. She said her daughter, Tavin, had gone to spend time with friends after church service. 

Her daughter was rushed to hospital but is now recovering at home with two black eyes, bruises, a sprained wrist, and some stitches.

She said when she saw the driver, she 'looked very confused' and didn't 'even realize what she had done'.  

Reece told Click On Detroit: 'I don’t understand why any grown adult who is supposed to be responsible could put their own kid, let alone someone else’s kids, babies in harm like that.'

It comes just three weeks after a woman - thought to be a drunk driver - smashed into a children's party in the same county, killing two children and injuring 15 others. 

Lana, eight, and Zayn, five, both died in the wreck at the Swan Creek Boat Club in Berlin Township in Michigan, while their mother, Mariah and elder brother, Jayden, are fighting for their lives.

Lana, eight, and Zayn, five (seen together center) both died in the wreck, while their mother, Mariah (right), and elder brother, Jayden (left), are fighting for their lives 

Lana and Zayn are seen alongside their older brother Jayden in an earlier family photograph

A GoFundMe was set up to help cover funeral expenses for the children. 

'My sister and her family have lost their two babies to a drunk driver in Monroe, MI. Mom Mariah and oldest brother Jayden are still in critical condition at this time. Monies raised will help give Lana age 8 and Zayn age 5 a proper funeral and burial service,' Mariah's sister, Diane Harrington wrote.

A huge first responder presence raced to the scene just after 3pm, where Monroe County Sheriff Troy Goodnough said it was 'extremely chaotic' with 'high level of emotions.' 

One child was reportedly pinned under the vehicle as it flew through the building, while the brother and sister who lost their lives were tragically pronounced dead at the scene. 

Helicopters and ambulances took nine victims to nearby hospitals, who were listed as being in life-threatening condition. 

Further victims were also taken to hospital in cars, Goodnough said. 

Speaking after the second crash, Goodnough told Click On Detroit: 'Not too long ago, we had a tragedy in this county with another presumed alcohol-related incident and the death of children.

'I don’t know what it’s going to take.'