Waltham Man Crashes Car Into Newton House: State Police

NEWTON, MA —Last night at around 1:40 a.m. a car crashed into a home on Route 9 in Newton, seriously injuring both the driver and the passenger.

State police arrested the driver, Julio Savedra Alonzo, 23, of Waltham for driving drunk among other charges.

A preliminary investigation by State Troopers show that the Waltham man was traveling in the area of 475 Boylston Street West (Route 9) in Newton in a 2004 Toyota Matrix, when, for reasons still under investigation, he lost control of the vehicle causing it to crash into a utility pole and a house, said police.

The passenger in the vehicle was entrapped and was eventually extricated by members of the Newton Fire Department.

Alonzo, who sustained minor injuries, and his passenger, who sustained serious injuries, were transported to Beth Israel hospital for treatment. Alonzo was placed under arrest at the hospital on five charges related to the crash including for drinking and driving causing serious injury and with negligent operation, and driving on a suspended license, and speeding.

Earlier in the morning Alonzo is alleged to have driven through a detail site at a high rate of speed in Brookline and failed to stop for the detail officer when signaled to do so, so he was charged with failing to stop, too.

Alonzo was booked at the State Police Barracks in Boston and will be arraigned in Newton District Court Thursday. State Police were assisted on scene by Brookline Police.

Police said they had no other information available at this time.

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-Photo of a State Trooper car in Newton (unrelated to this incident) by Jenna Fisher/Patch