FLINT, Texas — The driver who wrecked into a Flint neighborhood home Tuesday had a medical episode, causing the truck to ultimately crash into a bedroom injuring a 7-month-old baby and five other people, according to an official.
The crash involved two vehicles with one driving through a bedroom in a house on County Road 1215.
Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Adam Albritton said the driver of the vehicle that crashed into the house had a medical episode and ran a stop sign. The driver then hit the other vehicle, which had a person and their 10-year-old son inside. The vehicle then crashed into the house.
Albritton said a mother, 10-year-old and 7-month-old were in the front bedroom. The 7-month-old baby was airlifted to a hospital in Shreveport. The mother and 10-year-old were taken to a Tyler hospital.
The driver of the vehicle that crashed into the house was taken to a Tyler hospital and the other vehicle's driver and their 10-year-old son were taken to a Tyler hospital, Albritton said.
Rickey Leach, who is a neighbor, shared some images with CBS19. You can see both the truck and the SUV inside the home with the truck facing the opposite direction. The room they crashed into was the infant's nursery.
Leach said he was out taking the trash when the crash happened, but what caught his attention was the helicopter.
State troopers are investigating the crash, Albritton said.
The family that lives there has been at that home for less than a year.
About 10 years ago, the house next door was actually hit by a vehicle as well and they now have metal poles inside those bushes to protect their home.
Three injuries occurred from the vehicles while the other three were people inside the household.