A car crashed into a home on Beach Road in Cheektowaga early Tuesday morning, trapping the driver.
First responders were called to the home just before 2 a.m. Our 7 Eyewitness News crew at the scene reports the car crashed into the basement of the home.
The house is boarded but the car is still inside the house in the basement @WKBW pic.twitter.com/vSk7O8JYG9
— Desiree Wiley (@DesireeWiley) February 9, 2016
The homeowner tells 7 Eyewitness News, he was sleeping when the car crashed. He said he heard a bang, saw his living room was a mess and heard voices in his basement.
"I heard voices down in the basement and I went outside they (police) told me to get out of the house because there was a cloud," he said. "I thought it was smoke but it was a cloud of gas inside the house so I got out of the house, walked over to the side and a guy came crawling out of the hole in the wall."
Here's the first look at the car in the basement @WKBW pic.twitter.com/LuCLssQ4ab
— Desiree Wiley (@DesireeWiley) February 9, 2016
Cheektowaga's Assistant Chief Jim Speyer said speed may have played a role in the crash but doesn't believe either of the men were under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Marcellus Hutcherson Jr., 24, of Buffalo and Caesar Scott, no age given, of Cheektowaga were in the vehicle. Police say Scott suffered a serious spinal injury in the crash and is at ECMC.
Speyer said charges are pending on the investigation. The car was removed from the basement just before noon on Tuesday.
Heads are being scratched as police and tow company try to figure out how to get the car out @WKBW pic.twitter.com/I8rtOR5foz
— Desiree Wiley (@DesireeWiley) February 9, 2016
The homeowner is currently staying at a hotel.
