Sleeping Boy Almost Hit After Car Crashes Through Valparaiso Home

PORTAGE TOWNSHIP, IN — A teen made it out of his house without injuries after police and his mother said a car crashed through his bedroom at his Portage Township home Aug. 21. According to The Times, 17-year-old Levi Shader was sleeping around 1 a.m. when a car hit the house at 411-1 Nantucket Road, driving through the teen's room and trapping him in his bed, his mother Andrea Shader said. Shader told The Times she was in the living room when she heard the crash, and said she thought an airplane hit her house.

According to police, Shader said she alerted her sleeping husband and ran to Levi's room, where she saw the car pushed up under the bed with the driver still inside, who police said disregarded a stop sign before hitting the home, The Times reported. Levi wasn't injured, but could only exit his room with the help of officers, reports said.

According to the crash report, police cited alcohol as a factor in the crash, as 25-year-Austin Ackermann, of Valparaiso, blew a .34 alcohol level at the scene, The Times said. According to a police report, Ackermann claimed he wasn't driving, and the actual driver left the scene, though Witnesses say they only saw Ackermann in the car during the crash.

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