Mother Talks To News 9 About Truck Crashing Into Home

A family is shaken, but safe after a truck slammed into their home near Hefner and Rockwell early Wednesday morning.

Wednesday, June 20th 2012, 7:27 pm

By: News 9


A family is shaken, but safe after a truck slammed into their home near Hefner and Rockwell early Wednesday morning.

Police suspect that the driver of the pickup driving drunk when he lost control coming around a curve in the road and crashed into the home.

"I look and I could see a headlight and I could hear an engine revving up," said mother and homeowner, Jennifer Kimber.

Kimber was not sure what was going on.

"It scared [my son]. It scared me. I couldn't even believe it. I was just like in shock."

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The truck rammed into her home, just feet away from the bed she was lying in with her 5-year-old son.

"We were laying in the bed and it was almost like you could feel the impact, even though we weren't hurt or anything like that," said Kimber. "It was very scary, very scary to be woken up like that. So I just grabbed my cell phone, grabbed my son and called 911."

But Kimber was too afraid to go outside until officers got to the scene. Police say she did the right thing.

"[I] stayed on the phone with them until the cops came and had him in handcuffs and then I came out," Kimber told News 9. 

Officers arrested 32-year-old Brian Cline for driving under the Influence.

"I know he was drinking. I'm sure many people have done this, but I'm just glad he's ok," Kimber said.

Police say Cline refused to take a breathalyzer test.

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