8-Year-Old Nearly Crushed By Runaway Minivan
Friday, September 5, 2008 – updated: 5:45 pm EDT September 5, 2008
Orange County, Fla. -- A group of Orange County homes seems like a magnet for out of control cars. Friday, a woman suspected of having a diabetic seizure, hit one of the houses on Balboa Drive, near Governors Avenue.That same house has been hit by a car before and so has the neighbor's house.This time, a 49-year-old drove right through a yard and then slammed into the home.A teenager and her brother were watching television when the minivan came crashing through.Rescuers were forced to pluck glass from the feet of the 8-year-old boy who was nearly crushed by a runaway mini van."We were really scared because my brother was the closet one sitting next to the TV, so we were really scared. I didn't know what to do," said Aled Morales."I was standing right there and I felt the wind of the car," said Morales.The driver missed also missed Rosemary Siemer by just a few feet. Troopers told Siemer, the woman had a seizure while driving."I was so scared. I come so close to getting hit. I just don't realize what really happened," said Siemer.Aled Morales watched as the minivan was winched out of her living room. She explained this is the fourth such accident: twice into her home and twice next door.The Red Cross is already helping the family relocate.The structure is so dangerous firefighters handed belongings to the homeowner through a window.The driver of the mini van has been hospitalized.
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