An Emmett man was booked into the Ada County Jail on July 18 after driving his car into a house in Eagle, according to a news release from the Ada County Sheriff’s Office.
Eagle Police deputies responded to a crash around 9 p.m. in the 100 block of E. Aikens Street in Eagle, where they found an unoccupied Ford Mustang that had crashed into a house. No residents were inside the home at the time of the accident.
Witnesses told police that the driver of the Mustang left the scene, but a male teenage passenger remained there. The juvenile sustained minor injuries in the crash, police said.
Police discovered a loaded firearm next to the driver’s seat in the Mustang, and later located the driver about a half-mile from the scene. The 27-year-old male was transported to the hospital for minor injuries.
The driver was then booked into the Ada County Jail for felony injury to a child, misdemeanor driving under the influence, misdemeanor leaving the scene of an accident, and misdemeanor carrying concealed weapons under the influence of alcohol.
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