Lorain person upset right after car or truck crashes into his dwelling for fourth time

LORAIN, Ohio (WJW) — A Lorain man claims he was upset when a automobile crashed into his residence very last evening, but he wasn’t surprised for the reason that this is the fourth time it has happened. 

“My neighbor named me, instructed me I desired to hurry up and get house, my home got hit all over again. I mentioned ‘you’ve bought to be kidding,’” said 63-12 months-old Ken Daughney.

Lorain police say after the dashing vehicle crashed into the front porch of Daughney’s residence in the 200 block of West 17^th Street, the person driving the wheel bailed out of the vehicle and ran.

Daughney suggests in the 3 past crashes, drivers dropped command while dashing down Reid Avenue, which will come to a dead-finish in front of his property.

He claims his 81-yr-outdated mother was in the residing place viewing television set when the vehicle slammed into the porch and shook the residence to its foundation.

“She explained she assumed it was a twister. That’s how tough it acquired hit, you know and she explained it frightened her to exactly where she nearly experienced a coronary heart attack,” he claimed.

A neighbor noticed the suspect functioning from the scene, and adopted him, which enabled a Lorain police officer to arrest 24-12 months-outdated Joshua Flynn of Cuyahoga Falls for crashing into the residence, leaving the scene, and driving less than the affect of liquor, and there was more.

Officer Brian Andreas informed Fox 8, “It was great to capture him and keep this male accountable for what occurred due to the fact I discovered afterwards this car or truck experienced just been noted stolen, so he was really driving a stolen vehicle.”

Ken Daughney says in excess of the many years, he has requested a variety of town departments to set up obstacles in front of his house, but the finest he could get was a modest yellow warning indication.

“They’ve been giving me the runaround, they say ‘well I’ll get in touch with you, I’ll call you,’ and I by no means get any phone calls back again,” he claimed.

Fox 8 contacted Lorain Mayor Jack Bradley and he stated he was unaware of the issue right until Thursday morning.

Mayor Bradley states he is asking his section heads to search for a remedy that will give Ken Daughney and his loved ones some peace of thoughts.

“For security, you know because the dwelling has been strike four occasions and you know some thing has to be completed,” said Daughney.