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A lawyer and his two sons were seriously injured after a car bomb exploded while they were driving to football practice on Tuesday.

The mysterious blast occurred when lawyer Erik G. Chappell was driving through Monroe, Michigan and their Volvo station wagon exploded.

The blast spewed fire and twisted metal across the four-lane road and black plumes of smoke billowed into the afternoon sky.

Local resident, Shawn Remington, 33, told the Detroit Free Press: 'It sounded like someone slamming a dumpster down. The car totalled out completely. The blast could be heard for miles.'

The car was left a smouldering, blackened shell as emergency crews rushed Mr Chappell and his sons to the hospital.

Mr Chappell was released today and his sons are in serious condition but expected to survive.

Another witness, Edwin Holly, 68, said: 'I was looking to see if there were deer and saw the car come around and go boom. Things like that don't happen, unless you're in James Bond or something, you know? I mean that car just blew up.'

Mr Holly said he ran toward the car to try to help, spotting a football helmet lying beside the road as he ran.

'On the north side of the road were two little boys. One kept complaining because his foot hurt real bad, the other was complaining because his buttocks hurt real bad.'

Emergency crews rushed to the scene and extinguished the blaze, leaving the car a smouldering, blackened shell.

Donald Dawkins, a special agent for the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, told reporters today that the bomb was placed in the centre of the car. He did not provide details about the device.


He described the attack as a heinous crime and said that the three passengers of the car were lucky to be alive.

'When you have children involved, it really hits home', he said.

Mr Chappell's colleagues in the legal community described him as a hard-working attorney who focused on business disputes and family law.

'I have no idea why someone would want to do this,' attorney Daniel McQuade, who had opposed Mr Chappell in a divorce case, told the Free Press. 'He was very good to work with. We always got along fine.'

A $10,000 reward has been offered for any information about the bomber.

Mr Chappell was scheduled to appear at 2:30pm Tuesday in federal court in Detroit for a conference in a lawsuit.

He represents hot dog stand owners who are suing the city of Monroe for banning their carts from downtown.