CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A family in Flour Bluff was trapped in their home for some time Tuesday night after a vehicle crashed into their apartment complex.
It happened at a complex on Laguna Shores near Carribean and Jamaica. According to firefighters, a truck crashed into the complex, knocking a sleeping five-year-old from their bed and trapping the family living there inside.
According to fire crews, the five-year-old is lucky to be alive.
Police said the driver of the truck, 44-year old John Cruz tried backing out of the complex to leave.
Police were able to find Cruz by tracking the trail of oil the damaged truck was leaving behind.