Two Denver metro families are shaken and calling for safer choices behind the wheel after drivers crashed into their homes in Commerce City and Lakewood over the weekend.
The Commerce City Police Department said a suspected drunk driver hit three cars on Interstate 270 late Friday night before careening off the highway and smashing into the living room of a Commerce City house on E. 54th Ave. Police said the suspect was arrested and faces several charges, including driving under the influence.
Evelyn Luevano, who lives in the home with her parents and two siblings, said she had to get stitches in her arm after she was injured in the crash. She said, thankfully, no one else in her family was hurt. Now, they’re trying to salvage any belongings still inside the house.
“My sister was literally two feet away from the truck hitting her. This could have just ended terribly,” Luevano said. “This is a place we called home, so it’s very sentimental as well, and we’re just trying to collect ourselves as a family and doing the best we can to just try and get back to normal life.”
She said the suspected drunk driver crashed through their back fence before ramming through the back of their home, taking out most of the laundry room and kitchen…