The driver was transported to a neighborhood hospital in important situation. Witnesses say two individuals ran away from the automobile earlier than it crashed.
FORT WORTH, Texas — Investigators with the Fort Worth Police Department are trying to find solutions after a person drove into a home on July 4 — and was discovered hunched over the steering wheel with a gunshot wound.
Per police, the driver was transported to a neighborhood hospital and was important the final time they checked.
The crash occurred after 11 p.m. close to 3400 Wedgeworth Dr.
According to the owners, they discovered the driver unresponsive and hunched over the steering wheel. The automobile was additionally nonetheless in drive.
A person who solely needed to be recognized as ‘Ivan’ advised WFAA his father owns the home and that he lives subsequent door.
His younger daughter was watching tv within the room the place the automobile crashed.
Security video exhibits Ivan dashing into the house–yelling for individuals to name 911 after the crash. Thankfully, his daughter wasn’t harmed.
“It just stunned me out of nowhere,” Ivan advised WFAA. “Like I couldn’t believe it was happening.”
Ivan noticed the crash occur. He was on his entrance garden speaking to his neighbor when he noticed the automobile up the highway start to roll in the direction of the home slowly.
“I saw the car, and its lights were flashing,” Ivan mentioned. “It starts coming up, and it thumps on the curb–and I’m screaming ‘Hey!’ Next thing you know, it just drives into the house.”
“He was passed out, completely hunched over in the car,” Ivan mentioned. “We were trying to put the car in park at least, so it didn’t keep going into the house.”
It wasn’t till authorities arrived that Ivan was advised the driver had a gunshot wound.
Ivan advised police that he noticed two individuals operating away from the automobile earlier than it began rolling down the hill in the direction of his father’s home.
Ivan mentioned he did not hear a gunshot, but additionally that fireworks had been going off across the neighborhood.
He additionally mentioned there was a GPS energetic on the dash–making him marvel if the person wounded was a rideshare driver and if he was shot by the individuals operating away.
A spokesperson with Fort Worth PD could not say if the sufferer was a rideshare driver however did say witnesses noticed a minimum of two individuals operating away.
The division mentioned its murder unit can be investigating.
Ivan and his household have some repairs to make however are grateful their family members weren’t harm.
“No injuries. Nothing,” Ivan mentioned. “Everybody is just still in shock.”