Car crashes into second floor of house in what police call “a deliberate act”.
“It was a pretty crazy scene,” said one of the first responders, “the guys were scratching their heads from the start.”
You don’t see that every day.
Firefighters in Pennsylvania were shocked while responding to a car accident over the weekend … only to find a vehicle hanging from the side of a house second story when they arrived at the scene.
The incident took place in Lewiston, Pennsylvania on Sunday afternoon … and authorities believe the whole thing was a “premeditious act”.
“It’s the stuff you see in movies,” said Sam Baumgardner, administrator of Junction Fire Company The Washington Post. “The boys racked their brains from the start.”
In a Facebook post Junction Fire Company shared images from the scene and said they arrived “within minutes” of the call and spotted the car on the second floor and the driver already out of the vehicle. Pictures show the damage the Toyota caused after crashing into the corner of the second floor with its rear wheels hanging from an awning over the porch.
Rescuers then stabilized the home and helped the homeowners put a tarp over the huge hole left by the accident. According to Baumgardner, one of the homeowners was in the home at the time of the incident, but they were on the ground floor and unharmed.
It took around three hours to remove the vehicle from the second floor. The driver, who authorities later identified as Evan Miller, 20, was taken to the hospital.
“There is a risk of fire from a vehicle that is still moving,” Baumgardner also told the outlet. “When they arrived, there was a lot of concern about what they were getting into.”
Firefighters believed the driver was thrown into the air after crashing into a ditch next to the house at high speed. Baumgardner added, “Lifting and lifting from the bottom and top of the culvert was enough to give the vehicle a chance to pass the vehicles in the driveway and land on the second floor of the house.”
After an investigation determined the Pennsylvania State Police “The crash was a premeditated act and charges are currently pending.” It’s unclear how they reached that decision.
According to court records, the Pending charges include negligent driving, reckless driving, serious bodily harm, reckless endangerment and criminal fraud.