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Truck crashes into Flour Bluff apartments, almost hits five-year-old

Police said the driver of the truck tried backing out of the complex to leave.

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.

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