Current:Home > Stocks'I thought we were all going to die': Video catches wild scene as Mustang slams into home -EverVision Finance
'I thought we were all going to die': Video catches wild scene as Mustang slams into home
View
Date:2025-04-18 21:15:48
A criminal investigation is underway in Arizona after video captured a car plow through a couple's home as they sat down for dinner prior to the start of Labor Day weekend.
The Phoenix Police Department told USA TODAY the crash took place about 10:30 p.m. Friday at a house in the city's Encanto Village neighborhood, about five miles northwest of downtown.
Video shows the moment the vehicle slams into the home, right as two people appear to be getting ready to eat, and a woman close a set of curtains before the wild incident.
According to Marcus Holmberg, he and "his lady" were enjoying dinner when "a reckless driver, an 18-year-old with a 5.0 Mustang" drove through their house "because he failed at doing donuts in the street."
At the scene, police said, officers found the driver of a vehicle who they said "had collided with a home."
Coroner:Kentucky high school student, 15, died after being hit by school bus
'I thought we were all going to die'
“I saw the Mustang come right at us,” Sabrina Rivera, who lives in the home with Holmberg, recalled, local news outlet AZ Family reported. “I thought we were all going to die."
The Phoenix Fire Department treated people for minor injuries at the scene, according to police.
The official cause of the crash was not immediately known, but police said they suspect the drive was impaired.
An 18-year-old man was arrested in on two counts of felony DUI, one count of criminal damage and one count of endangerment in connection to the crash, police reported.
No one with the driver's name was in custody on Tuesday nor was anyone with that name listed in court records.
Aurora apartment complex fact check:Police chief says Colorado apartment not being 'taken over' by Venezuelan gang despite viral images
Couple asks for help repairing Phoenix home
Over the weekend, Holmberg created a fundraising page asking for financial help to repair their home and his truck after the catastrophe.
"We are just trying to survive," Holmberg posted on the page.
As of Tuesday afternoon, the online fundraiser had raised more than $6,300 of a $30,000 goal.
Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@usatoday.com and follow her on X @nataliealund.
veryGood! (59)
Related
- New data highlights 'achievement gap' for students in the US
- Bills RB Damien Harris released from hospital after neck injury, per report
- Poland’s voters reject their right-wing government, but many challenges lie ahead
- Zipcar fined after allowing customers rent vehicles with open, unrepaired recalls
- Meta donates $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund
- Federal judge imposes limited gag order on Trump in 2020 election interference case
- Gaza conditions worsen following Israeli onslaught after Hamas attack
- 'An entrepreneurial dream': Former 1930s Colorado ski resort lists for $7 million
- As Trump Enters Office, a Ripe Oil and Gas Target Appears: An Alabama National Forest
- Four men held in central Georgia jail escaped and a search is underway, sheriff says
Ranking
- Skins Game to make return to Thanksgiving week with a modern look
- Kids are tuning into the violence of the Israel Hamas war. What parents should do.
- New York judge rejects Indiana ex-U.S. Rep. Steve Buyer’s request to remain free pending appeal
- Happy National Boss Day — but don't tell Bruce Springsteen: Why he hates his nickname
- B.A. Parker is learning the banjo
- Donald Trump is returning to his civil fraud trial, but star witness Michael Cohen won’t be there
- U.S. to settle lawsuit with migrant families separated under Trump, offering benefits and limiting separations
- M&M's Halloween Rescue Squad might help save you from an empty candy bowl on Halloween
Recommendation
Juan Soto to be introduced by Mets at Citi Field after striking record $765 million, 15
Gen. David Petraeus: Hamas' attack on Israel was far worse than 9/11
Jim Jordan says he feels really good going into speaker's race
Raiders 'dodged a big bullet' with QB Jimmy Garoppolo's back injury, Josh McDaniels says
Meet first time Grammy nominee Charley Crockett
EU leaders seek harmony at a virtual summit after cacophony over response to the Israel-Hamas war
Greta Thunberg joins activists to disrupt oil executives’ forum in London
Chinese search engine company Baidu unveils Ernie 4.0 AI model, claims that it rivals GPT-4