Teen Arrested After Car Crashes Into HouseMENTONE - Alcohol and slick road conditions may have contributed early Sunday morning to a car going off the road and into a house, injuring the driver and his passenger, as well as a resident of the home.
The driver of the car, Brandon Eugene Hoffman, 18, of 9768 S. CR 600W, Silver Lake, was booked into the Kosciusko County Jail at 4:55 a.m. Sunday for operating a vehicle while intoxicated, refusal to submit to a chemical test and consumption of alcohol by a minor. His initial bond was set at $700.
According to a Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office report, a white 2014 Chevrolet IMT, driven by Hoffman, was traveling north on South CR 600W in the area south of 3980 S. CR 600W, Mentone, at around 2:50 a.m. Sunday.
Hoffman told the investigating officer that the road was slick and he was unable to negotiate the curve in the road. The Chevy exited the road near the south driveway of 3980 S. CR 600W, and collided with a cut-off tree stump. The car continued through the yard and then collided with the house and detached garage, then continued between the house and garage, colliding with a tree before coming to a rest, the report states.
Hoffman had blood coming from his nose and face area, but denied medical treatment at the scene.
A passenger in the vehicle, Branson C. McBrier, 19, of 6759 S. CR 1000W, Mentone, suffered minor bleeding to the elbow and lower arm, according to the police report, and was released by medics at the scene.
The owner of the home, Bernice D. Meadows, was sleeping in the room struck by the collision at the time of the crash. She complained of pain in her left shoulder and right knee, as well as a possible broken left wrist, the report states. She was taken by medics to the hospital.
Hoffman and McBrier were both tested for alcohol and an “operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated” investigation was conducted on Hoffman, according to the report. Hoffman’s pending portable breathalyzer test was listed at .20 on the report.
The Chevrolet IMT was registered to Brent E. Hoffman, South CR 600W, Silver Lake, the KCSO crash report states.
Damage was listed as $25,000 to $50,000, according to the report.
