Modesto House-Sitter Dead After Drunk Driver Fleeing CHP Slammed Into the Home He Was Watching
Someone agreed to watch a neighbor’s house while they were out of town. That small act of trust became the last decision they ever made.
At around 1:20 AM on June 9, 2026, a Ford sedan tore through north Modesto at full speed. The driver had no valid license. He was under the influence. And none of that stopped him from running a red light and driving straight into a home on Tuxford Lane.
The family who owned that house was out of state. The person inside was house-sitting.
The House He Hit Had No Chance
The home sits on the corner of Robin Hood Drive and Tuxford Lane in Modesto’s Sherwood Forest neighborhood. There were large landscaping boulders near the front of the property, placed there to protect against exactly this kind of thing…