LAPEER COUNTY, MI – A 3-year-old child and 27-year-old woman are in serious condition after they were hit along with two others walking Monday night along a Lapeer County road.

Deputies responded shortly before 10 p.m. June 3 to an injury traffic crash on Peppermill Road in Lapeer Township approximately two-tenths of a mile south of Imlay City Road.

An investigation revealed three adults were pushing a double stroller with two children inside and heading north on Peppermill Road, police said.

The group was crossing a two-lane bridge with no shoulders when a 1999 Chevrolet Cavalier driven by a 22-year-old North Branch woman hit four of the five people from behind.

Lapeer County Detective Sgt. Jason Parks said it was dark at the time of the incident with no streetlights in the area and that all the members of the group had on dark clothing. Witnesses told police they were walking with the flow of traffic.

All four people -- a 24-year-old Flint man, a 27-year-old Caro woman, a 3-year-old child and a 4-year-old child -- were transported to McLaren Lapeer for treatment.

The Flint man and the 4-year-old child were treated and released.

The Caro woman was admitted to the intensive care unit and listed in serious condition. The 3-year-old child was transferred from McLaren to Hurley Medical Center and admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit in serious condition.

A fifth person walking in the back of the group -- a 26-year-old Lapeer woman -- was able to avoid being hit and not injured.

The road was closed for approximately three hours for rescue and investigative purposes.

Distracted driving, excess speed and alcohol or drugs do not appear to be factors in the collision, police said.

The incident remains under investigation by the Lapeer County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies were assisted at the scene by the City of Lapeer Police Department, troopers from the Michigan State Police Lapeer Post, Medstar Ambulance Service, and Lapeer County EMS Ambulance Service.