Teen Injured When Car Plows Into House: Aberdeen Police

ABERDEEN, MD - A teen was flown to shock trauma Tuesday night after a car ran through a house in Aberdeen and pinned him on the couch, police said. First responders spent an hour working to free the 16-year-old boy so he could be taken to the hospital.

Authorities said they were dispatched at 11:19 p.m. to the 900 block of Edmund Street, where a car had gone into a house. The driver - a 32-year-old Edgewood woman - was neither impaired nor distracted, officials said.

Based on the initial investigation, polices said the woman had turned the wheel when a black truck behind her drove around and cut in front of her at a stop sign. She accelerated while over-correcting her steering, and her car vaulted over a curb, into the house, through a wall and onto the teen, who was sleeping on the couch, according to officials.

Police said his arm was burned but he was conscious and alert when transported to the University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. His condition was not known.

The Susquehanna Hose Company reported that its crew assisted the Aberdeen Fire Company with rescuing the victim.

Photo Credit: Susquehanna Hose Company.