STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A Tottenville homeowner said a vehicle crashed into his house on Arthur Kill Road during Saturday’s snowfall, with FDNY officials gathering at the scene to assess the damages.
Martin Oblites told the Advance/SILive.com he was at home when he heard what sounded like a bomb go off around 2:15 p.m.
“I went into my mother-in-law’s room to check and the wall was caving in and the dresser was in the middle of the room,” he said.
When Oblites went outside to check what had happened, he said he saw a large dent in the wall of his house.
“I saw a bunch of debris from the car, but nobody was there. The guy just took off, but my neighbor witnessed everything,” Oblites said.
His neighbor, Maryanne Miro, said she was shoveling snow when she heard a loud bang and saw a dark gray, mid-size SUV hit her neighbor’s home.
Miro said, “I saw him, and he just drove by without a care in the world. He didn’t stop. I actually waved at him so he could stop, and he completely ignored me. He just kept driving.”
“With that kind of an impact, the license plate actually fell off the front fender of the truck. And unbeknownst to the driver that did this, he just drove away,” Miro added.
FDNY officials checked the structural stability of the premises to ensure it was safe for the family to return inside.
Representatives from the NYPD’s Office of the Deputy Commissioner, Public Information could not provide any additional information at the time of publication.