Police: Distracted driver crashes into family's home Police: Driver lost control, crashed into home on O'Neal Road in Beekmantown Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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TORN APART AFTER A BAD WRECK LAST NIGHT... NEW YORK STATE POLICE SAY A DISTRACTED DRIVER IS TO BLAME. BUT INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY'VE KNOWN THIS WAS COMING FOR YEARS. NBC5'S LEE ANNE DENYER HAS THEIR STORY. TERRY AND LINDA BOUSQUET WISH THEY COULD TELL THEIR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS THEY NEVER SAW THIS COMING BUT THAT -- WOULD BE A LIE. TERRY: SOMETHING HAS TO GET DONE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED HERE THIS BEEKMANTOWN HOME ONCE BELONGED TO TERRY'S MOTHER. NOW -- AFTER 6 DECADES IN THIS HOUSE -- PIECES OF IT ARE IN THE YARD. TERRY: 3240: THE ENTIRE HOUSE SHOOK, A LOUD BANG AND THEN WE STARTED HEARING SCREAMING. WE RAN OUTSIDE, A VEHICLE WAS IN THE HOUSE NEW YORK STATE POLICE SAY A DISTRACTED DRIVER LOST CONTROL. THAT -- LD: THE CAR CAME DOWN O'NEAL ROAD HERE IN BEEKMANTOWN, CLIPPED THE HOUSE BEFORE CRASHING INTO THIS BACK BEDROOM. IF I MOVE THIS PLASTIC, YOU CAN SEE THE TIRE IS STILL STUCK IN THE HOUSE THE TIRE MARKS SHOW -- A STRAIGHT SHOT. TERRY BOUSQUET : WEVE BEEN TRYING TO GET SOMETHING PUT UP HERE FOR ABOUT THE LAST 7 OR 8 YEARS, GUARD RAILS OR ANYTHING THE COUPLE SAY DRIVERS HAVE LOST CONTROL ON THIS TURN BEFORE, HITTING THEIR FENCE BUT NEVER CATCHING THE HOUSE. BUT THEY KNEW IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME. STILL -- EVEN AFTER NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS -- TERRY: WE CANT GET ANYONE TO DO ANYTHING EXCEPT A LOT OF TALK! DESPITE THE MESS THEY'RE LEFT TO CLEAN UP. TERRY AND LINDA SAY THEY'RE GRATEFUL. THIS IS THEIR SONS' BEDROOM. HE'S ASLEEP IN THAT ROOM EVERY NIGHT. HE WASN'T HOME FROM WORK YET. SOMETHING, AGAIN I STRESS, THE COUNTY OF THE TOWN, HAS TO DO SOMETHING HERE POLICE SAY THE DRIVER WAS HURT BUT IS EXPECTED TO BE OKAY. THE BOUSKETS HOPEFUL THIS IS THE LAST TIME THEY HAVE TO ASK FOR HELP. TERRY: I AM ANGRY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE IMPORTANCE HAS TO BE TO GET THINGS DONE IN BEEKMANTOWN, LD, NBC5 NEWS. SAINT ALBANS POLICE

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