2 Infants Fall Out Of Van, Dad Arrested For Drunk Driving: Police

SHEBOYGAN, WI — Authorities in Sheboygan are conducting a child neglect investigation after a traffic incident in the city of Sheboygan resulted in a one-year-old and a two-year-old child being injured.

According to the Sheboygan police department, officers were dispatched to the rotary intersection in town at S. 8th Street and Indiana Ave. after a witness said that two infant children fell out of a moving van as it traveled through the intersection.

Police say they located the vehicle driven by their father, who told police that he was not aware that his two children had fallen out of the van.

Police reported that the father was arrested for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and also for child neglect.

Police say one child was treated for injuries and later released from a local hospital, while the other child was transported to a Milwaukee-area hospital for treatment of more serious, yet non-life-threatening injuries.

Patch will update this story once the father, in this case, has been issued formal charges by the Sheboygan County District Attorney.

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