A Car Left an Apartment Parking Lot and Destroyed Two Homes on Maides Avenue in Wilmington

Abdull Akbar was three blocks away when his entire yard got wiped out.

His brother called him. By the time he got there, the fence was down, the yard was dug up, and a car had already come to a stop in the side of a house further down the street. He did not witness a single second of it.

That call is the kind no homeowner expects on a Tuesday night.

What Happened on Maides Avenue

Around 7:42 p.m. on October 13, 2026, a vehicle left the parking lot of a neighboring apartment complex on Maides Avenue in Wilmington, NC…