A homeowner in the West End of Winnipeg is cleaning up after a suspected impaired driver tore through his yard on Wednesday night, destroying 25-year-old trees and leaving a trail of damage behind.

Homeowner Robin Crellin says the crash caused $5,000 to $7,000 damage to his property. (CBC) A truck drove through two yards before slamming into a house in the 700 block of Arlington Avenue just before 10:30 p.m., police said.

Police say the vehicle was heading south on Arlington when it veered off the road, went through a fence, plowed through the yards and drove away.

One of the yards belongs to Robin Crellin, who said the vehicle — which he described as a "company truck" of some sort — crashed through his fence and caused a lot of damage.

"Took out my 16-foot tree, smashed everything that was in the front yard, destroyed all the bushes, all the trees I spent 25 years … growing," Crellin told CBC News early Thursday morning.

"Took all the fences out, went and hit this guy's front porch, knocked it over three feet and then tried to get away."

Arrested on Sargent Avenue

The driver drove off but abandoned the truck in the 700 block of Sargent Avenue, police said. A man at a nearby business was arrested.

The front of a home on Arlington Street is damaged after a truck slammed into it on Wednesday night. (Meaghan Ketcheson/CBC) Crellin said his son spotted the truck near the Portuguese Club on Sargent Avenue and Arlington Street and took down the licence plate number. A man at the club was arrested, Crellin said.

A 51-year-old man has been charged with driving while ability impaired, failing or refusing to provide a breath sample, driving while disqualified, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and resisting a peace officer. He also faces a Highway Traffic Act offence of driving without driver's liability insurance, police said..

The amount of damage is significant but no one was injured, police said.

Crellin estimated the incident caused $5,000 to $7,000 damage to his property alone.

His son left the house just five minutes before the truck barrelled through, he noted.

"If he would've been here five minutes later, he would've been dead right now, because he went right through where he walked," Crellin said. "He would've been dead as a doornail."