Charges have been filed for the driver of the car that went airborne, plowing into a home in Palmer Township in December.
According to a release from the Palmer Township Police the driver, Kenneth Morales, had a blood alcohol content that was nearly three times the legal limit. Morales' car hit homeowner Tom Dittmar's guardrail, multiple trees, the side of his home and his sons' two cars parked at his home, just behind Dittmar's house.
"It moved the corner of the house by about a foot and a half," Dittmar said. "There's a lot of damage."
According to police, at the time, Morales was driving with his 15-year-old step daughter. The pair were rushed to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Morales has been charged with driving under the influence, endangering the welfare of children and criminal mischief, among others.
Over the past 40 years, Dittmar says he has seen 15 similar accidents on his property. He says he believes the accidents have resulted mainly from drivers moving through stop sign across the street from his home too fast.
"Tired of it," Dittmar said. "Tired of people taking what I've worked for all of my life, and I'm tired of fighting."
Dittmar says the damage to his home and his son's home is about $50,000.
Morales was arraigned and released after posting 10 percent of the ordered $7,500 dollars bail. His preliminary hearing date is still pending.
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