CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) – Three people have been displaced and a dog has died after a vehicle crashed into a home early Saturday morning in Chesapeake.
According to police, officers responded to reports of a vehicle that had crashed into a house around 12:30 a.m. in the 1000 block of Bowden Ave.
When officers arrived on the scene, they found a sedan that had crashed into a home. Police say three adults and one dog were inside the house at the time of the crash.
The three adults were not injured, however, the dog died as a result of the accident, police say.
Police say the residents are displaced after the house was posted as unsafe. The house will continue to be labeled as unsafe until a building inspector can evaluate the damage.
The driver, identified as 20-year-old Aiden McCloskey, was arrested and faces charges of misdemeanor driving under the influence of drugs, felony torture and mutilating dog causing death, and felony property damage.
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