Posted on 08/22/2023 6:49:58 PM PDT by Morgana
A teenager died after he crashed his car while trying to flee officers in Massachusetts - smashing into the side of a property.
The 19-year-old man was going so fast that the engine of his 2011 Nissan Altima flew through the second floor of the home in Belchertown, Massachusetts, on Sunday night.
Officers attempted to stop the vehicle at around 8.45pm when they spotted the car speeding down Route 202 South.
The driver sped away from the trooper, running a red light at an intersection before careering off the side of the road, according to Massachusetts State Police.
Investigations by state cops show that the car then flew off the curb before hitting a rock wall and a tree.
It smashed into a light post, a property on North Main Street and then careered into the front end of a 2023 Jeep Wrangler. A 2020 Buick Envision was also damaged.
The engine was launched out of the vehicle and went through the outside of a neighboring house on North Main Street before landing on the second floor of the home.
Police are not identifying the diver, who was thrown from the car and pronounced dead on the scene.
Neighbors described the crash to WWLP-22 as the 'loudest sound' they had ever heard.
Mike Forgue added: 'It was a loud sound. It was kind of amazing actually. You could tell something serious had happened.'
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I had a Nissan once. There was a banging noise under the rear of the car. I thought it was the exhaust pipe or muffler. I took the car to a muffler shop which shall remain nameless. They replaced the entire exhaust system - big bucks. I left the shop. The banging noise returned. It wasn’t the exhaust system at all. The mount for the rear shock absorber had rusted away from the wheel well. Not the frame but the thin steel of the wheel well. It would have cost $850 to repair with no guarantee that the repair would last.
I haven’t trusted Nissans since then. Haven’t been back to that muffler shop either.
Driver probably did society a favor, but the shame is that he ruined the structural integrity of an historic old house, possibly colonial, judging by the color of the brick. There may be very few masons around who can fix it properly. Hope the owners are insured. Glad they survived.
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