Jan. 24 (UPI) — An unidentified man has been arrested after he drove a vehicle into a Detroit Metro Airport terminal and injured six on Friday night.
The incident happened at the airport’s McNamara Terminal and close to the check-in line for Delta Air Lines at 7:30 p.m. EST., CBS News reported.
The vehicle struck a ticket counter and was fully inside the terminal when the driver was arrested, according to the Wayne County Airport Authority, which oversees the airport’s operations.
Six people were treated for injuries at the scene, but none were hospitalized.
Witnesses reported hearing a loud noise when the vehicle rammed the terminal’s entryway and continued into the Delta Air Lines passenger desk, which was manned, according to WXYZ-TV.
Police and Transportation Security Administration officers responded quickly and arrested the driver.
“The response was so quick, thank god, with the cops and TSA and everybody,” airline passenger Ali Khalifa told WXYZ, adding that it “all happened in seconds.”
A man wearing a Detroit Lions jersey who was driving the Mercedes-Benz when it crashed into the ticket counter was arrested, the Detroit Free Press reported.
Reports do not say if others were in the vehicle at the time of the crash.
The cause of the crash is unknown, and it did not disrupt airport operations.
Cleanup crews were tending to the damage at 10:15 p.m., and an investigation is underway.
The suspect remained in custody on Saturday, but charges were not filed as of Saturday morning, according to the WCAA.
