One person was hospitalized after crashing a car into an Akron home just after 1:00 AM Thursday morning.
It happened in the 1100 block of Brown Street, where Akron Police say a 42-year-old man was driving at a high rate of speed and tried to pass another car when he veered over the curb, through 6 yards, hit a parked car and went airborne as it hit a house.
Lt. Rick Edwards of the Akron Police Department says, “The speed limit there is 25 miles per hour in a residential neighborhood. So, he was doing way over that. I would venture to say by just looking at the accident report itself, at least triple the speed limit or higher.”
When officers arrived, they found the driver trapped in the back seat of the car. The fire department had to use the jaws of life to free him, before taking the man to Akron City Hospital.
The driver has been charged with reckless operation, failure to control and driving with a suspended license.
