How many children died when a dad runs over his family inside a tent?
Boy, 5, critically injured when vehicle rolls over tent at P.J. Hoffmaster State Park Police are investigating what is believed to be an accident that occurred early Wednesday morning at P.J. Hoffmaster State Park in Norton Shores when the 27-year-old father of two young children ran over a tent where the children and his wife were sleeping. The man’s son suffered critical injuries. The incident happened just after 6 a.m. inside the camping area at the park at 6585 Lake Harbor, said Norton Shores Police Lt. Jon Gale. Gale said it appears that the father of a boy, 5, and girl, 2, and his 26-year-old wife have been camping at the park since June 28. Gale said this morning was particularly chilly so the father wanted to warm up the family’s 1992 Ford Explorer. He intended on letting the vehicle run until it was warm enough to put his family inside, Gale said. But somehow, while inside the vehicle, the father apparently “fell asleep” and the vehicle rolled forward and “ran over the tent an
