Out-of-control truck smashes through LI home into teen’s bedroom

The Chevy Silverado crashed into the Westbury dwelling simply earlier than 1 a.m.
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An out-of-control pickup truck careened right into a Lengthy Island dwelling early Thursday — smashing via a room the place a 13-year-old boy was sleeping, in accordance with cops and experiences.

The Chevy Silverado — which was allegedly pushed by unlawful immigrant Blas Flores-Velasquez — crashed into the Cypress Lane dwelling in Westbury, Nassau County, simply earlier than 1 a.m., authorities mentioned. 

The driving force mowed via a number of rooms of the house — together with the teenager’s bed room — the place it ended up inches away from his mattress, WABC reported. It continued via a fence and eventually stopped in a neighbor’s yard, in accordance with the report. 

After the crash, Flores-Velasquez ran off and was ultimately discovered hiding in a wooded space close to the Wantagh Parkway, cops mentioned. 

The driving force, Blas Flores-Velasquez, mowed via a number of rooms of the house, together with a toddler’s bed room.

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The driving force continued via a fence, lastly stopping in a neighbor’s yard.

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“I went to my son’s room and noticed there was a gap. I didn’t know there’s a automotive that went via there,” the boy’s mom Thu Pham advised the station. “I went to see what occurred to my son. He was just one foot away…. My son simply awakened and the entire thing was on high of him.”

Teen Jayden Trinh advised Newsday he was “actually confused” after the crash.

“I believed we had been getting robbed or that one thing simply exploded,” he mentioned. “Everyone was panicking. We known as the cops.”

Then he realized what had occurred, he mentioned, describing the crash as “actually unreal.” 

Flores-Velasquez fled on foot, however police apprehended him close by.

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The motorist was arrested greater than two hours later after a police search. 

Flores-Velasquez was charged with DWI leaving the scene of an accident and driving and not using a license, cops mentioned. 

He was walked out of Nassau Police headquarters round 12:45 p.m. Nassau police declined to remark Thursday afternoon.

No accidents have been reported within the scary crash.

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Flores-Velasquez has 4 prior arrests from the late Nineteen Nineties and was deported from the USA in 2020, in accordance with police. 

Pictures and movies present the facade of the house in shambles following the crash. 

No accidents have been reported.