Haleigh and Callie Fullerton
Posted on 07/14/2017 3:58:40 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Police arrested a 17-year-old girl after she crashed her vehicle into an Indiana home Wednesday night, killing two sisters inside, according to officials.
Family members said the girls, 17-year-old Haleigh and 9-year-old Callie Fullerton, were watching TV in the living room when the car plowed into the house just before 9:30 p.m. They were killed on impact, according to WXIN-TV.
It's still unclear what caused the driver, who police say was traveling at about 80 miles per hour, to lose control, sending the car careening into the home, located 100 feet away from the roadway.
The Clinton County Sheriff's Office says they asked the prosecutor to charge the driver with criminal recklessness resulting in death. At a press conference earlier in the day, officials with the sheriff's office said the driver may have been under the influence of opioids and she could face more serious charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated causing death, and operating a vehicle while intoxicated causing serious bodily injury if the presence of opioids is confirmed.
When Clinton County Sheriff's deputies arrived on scene, they found a white vehicle in the living room. Several people were still in the vehicle, according to the sheriff's department.
The girls' mother, 37-year-old Bridget Fullerton, was walking into the room as the car came crashing through the home; she was flown by helicopter to an Indianapolis-area hospital for treatment. Her condition is unknown at this time.
A third sibling was upstairs at the time of the crash, and he was uninjured. Father Dennis Fullerton was not home when it happened.
Investigators say there were three other juveniles in the car at the time of the crash. They were treated with non-life threatening injuries at the scene.
The home has major damage, and local members of the Fullertons' church helped secure it.
The vehicle involved in the incident has been impounded by authorities. The driver was taken to the juvenile detention center in Delaware County.
The prosecutor's office will determine if the 17-year-old driver will face charges as an adult.
A GoFundMe account has been set up for those who would like to provide donations for the Fullertons.
Wow, that is a real tragedy. What a horrible shock for that family.
The girl driving the car is a total idiot.
total blind guess but was it a TESLA..?
Hope not.
I wouldn’t lay the “idiot” jacket on her just yet. It’s possible (but not likely) there could have been mechanical issues.
"Like, LOL! Bob totally wuz starin at muh junk...." KABOOM
Sometimes, it’s just not your day.
Yeah the druggie nut behind the wheel. Old enough to drive and pay for drugs. Old enough to be tried for two humicides and go to the big house.
I actually thought about this with my home. If someone crazy, stupid, or with a mechanical/medical issue tries to ram my home, no one inside will be injured - unless the vehicle is a car bomb. It’s not one of my highest priorities in choosing a home, but it’s one of the many little things that I considered. Something almost like this happened to a neighbor years ago, and I’ve kept it in the back of my mind ever since.
Seventeen year old female driver kills another seventeen year old girl in the latter’s home. Now there’s a bit of a coincidence. Was there a rivalry of some kind going on there?
Agree, TEXTING seems very likely.
Science and statistics PROVE that teenagers are immature and lack perspective and judgement compared to their 25 year old compatriots. They indulge in riskier behavior and demonstrate poor judgement like found in this article.
Yet these youths are the ones that demand ‘Social Justice’, Open Borders and whom many LEFTIST politicians want to have voting at younger ages. The MSM and popular culture idolizes their fads and treats their strident demands as worthy of serious consideration.
What is wrong with this picture?
Lock her up.
Let her sit in a cell for 25 years and think about it.
Yes, I'm sure that's what it was.
Because when you want to kill your enemies, what's a better plan than to drive into their home at 80 mph?
I know of a house that sits at a T intersection that has been plowed into four times by people missing the stop sign and crossing their yard and winding up in their dining room.
The first time the family was eating dinner and the husband ended up with both legs broken.
The city changed the speed limit to 25 from 35.
A year later another car plowed into the dining room. Luckily the family was out and no one was hurt but their homeowners insurance was cancelled.
The family did start eating in the living room for safety.
After third driver crashed into the house the city put up a barrier to solve the problem.
A fourth driver ran down the barrier and crashed into the house and ended up in the basement.
The city put up a Jersey wall and put reflectors on it.
No one has successfully bested the Jersey wall though several have tried.
And yes, drugs and/or alcohol were factors in each case.
Yeah, because who's ever heard of an intoxicated crazed loser in a love triangle doing something that was incredibly self-destructive?
I knew there was a hairpin turn up ahead but because I may have not have been totally awake and was a bit distracted talking, I missed the turn.
Next thing I knew, I'm going 45 mph on a dirt driveway pulling a trailer with a darkened house and parked cars rapidly approaching. Fortunately, I had enough presence of mind to stay in control, avoid the house, parked cars and trees.
Quickly checked the rear view mirrors, put the truck in reverse, backed out as fast as I could and headed on to the lake.
Poor kids.
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