Current:Home > InvestEchoSense:Texas mother accused of driving her 3 children into pond after stabbing husband: Police -Elevate Profit Vision
EchoSense:Texas mother accused of driving her 3 children into pond after stabbing husband: Police
Oliver James Montgomery View
Date:2025-04-08 12:11:20
A Texas woman was arrested late last week after police accused her of plunging her car into pond with her three children inside and EchoSensestabbing her husband.
One of the children remains in critical condition. The other two children and their father were treated for injuries that were not life-threatening, the Carrollton Police Department said in a news release.
Wei Fen Ong was arrested Friday hours after both attacks were reported to police in Carrollton, located about 20 miles north of Dallas. Police charged Fen Ong with one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon resulting in serious bodily injury, and three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Walmart shooting:4 injured after Walmart shooting in Beavercreek, Ohio, police say; suspected shooter dead
Husband calls 911 to report stabbing
The first attack was reported Friday morning when Fen Ong's husband called 911 at 7:48 a.m. local time to report that his wife had stabbed him, Carrollton Police said.
Police and Carrollton medics responded to the home and transported the man to a hospital for treatment. The man, who was not identified, is expected to survive, police said.
Neighbors told KDFW, the Dallas-Fort Worth area Fox affiliate, that they heard yelling and screaming prior to the stabbing.
Deadly shooting:Suspect still at-large after three people killed over property lines in Colorado
Woman plunges car into pond with children inside
Later that day, police in the neighboring town of Lewisville responded to a separate 911 call regarding a vehicle that had been driven into a retention pond.
Inside the car was a woman and three children, ages 8, 9 and 12, according to police. Investigators later confirmed that the woman was the wife of the man who was stabbed.
The children were treated at a nearby hospital, where one of them remains critically injured. The other two are in stable condition, police said.
Audreyanna Lagunes, who witnessed the incident, told KDFW that the deep tire tracks indicated that the driver had to have been driving at a high rate of speed before plunging into the pond.
"Oh my heart sank, I have children; I have grandchildren," Lagunes said. "What kind of toll is that going to take on the long run? How long they were under?"
It was not immediately unclear what led to the stabbing and the subsequent vehicle crash. Fen Ong is in jail awaiting the resolution of the case in court.
Eric Lagatta covers breaking and trending news for USA TODAY. Reach him at [email protected]
veryGood! (34)
Related
- A Mississippi company is sentenced for mislabeling cheap seafood as premium local fish
- Derek Chauvin, convicted in George Floyd’s murder, stabbed in prison
- Congolese Nobel laureate kicks off presidential campaign with a promise to end violence, corruption
- Texas A&M aiming to hire Duke football's Mike Elko as next head coach, per reports
- Whoopi Goldberg is delightfully vile as Miss Hannigan in ‘Annie’ stage return
- Attackers seize an Israel-linked tanker off Yemen in a third such assault during the Israel-Hamas war
- India’s LGBTQ+ community holds pride march, raises concerns over country’s restrictive laws
- Lebanese residents of border towns come back during a fragile cease-fire
- The Super Bowl could end in a 'three
- WWE Survivor Series WarGames 2023 live results: CM Punk returns, highlights from Chicago
Ranking
- Highlights from Trump’s interview with Time magazine
- Timeline: The mysterious death of Stephen Smith in Murdaugh country
- An alliance of Myanmar ethnic groups claim capture of another big trade crossing at Chinese border
- Skyscraper-studded Dubai has flourished during regional crises. Could it benefit from hosting COP28?
- Federal Spending Freeze Could Have Widespread Impact on Environment, Emergency Management
- Where to watch 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer': TV channel, showtimes, streaming info
- Israeli forces kill at least 8 Palestinians in surging West Bank violence, health officials say
- Lawyer for Italian student arrested in ex-girlfriend’s slaying says he’s disoriented, had psych exam
Recommendation
Juan Soto to be introduced by Mets at Citi Field after striking record $765 million, 15
How intergenerational friendships can prove enriching
Archaeologists discover mummies of children that may be at least 1,000 years old – and their skulls still had hair on them
Derek Chauvin, convicted in George Floyd’s murder, stabbed in prison
Newly elected West Virginia lawmaker arrested and accused of making terroristic threats
Turned down for a loan, business owners look to family and even crowdsourcing to get money to grow
Greek police arrest 6 alleged migrant traffickers and are looking for 7 others from the same gang
Dwayne Johnson and Lauren Hashian Serve Up Sweet Musical Treat for Thanksgiving