A suspected drunk driver crashed into this red pickup truck, which crushed a Terrytown family's minivan and sent it crashing through their home early Christmas morning (© Maria Figueroa)

Driver accuses house of getting in his way, gets booked for DWI

12/29/2012

On Christmas morning, Charles Aucoin had a blood alcohol content of 0.206, police say, which could explain why the Louisiana man crashed into three parked cars, then tried to blame the owners for getting in his way. Aucoin reportedly sped into the Figueroa family's driveway, smashing into a neighbor's car before slamming into their pickup truck and minivan, a chain reaction that sent the van through a bedroom wall. Aucoin ran, but was dragged back to the scene, the family said. "'Y'all are the ones that messed up my car," he told them. "Because y'all got in front of me." Oddly enough, that was the second car to drive through their house this week; luckily, no one was injured in either crash. [Source]

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