Louisville, KY β A 10-year-old girl rammed a pickup through the front of a house intentionally, and told police officers she did it on purpose because she wanted to kill people.
Five children were in the living room when the vehicle barreled through the wall on Friday, WDRB reported.
βIt sounded like a bomb went off,β said Joshua Pate, who lives there.
Pate told WDRB that he arrived home at approximately 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 24, just before the crash occurred.
He said the five children in the home were miraculously protected by a piece of furniture.
βThe loveseat slid around and made kind of like a barrier,β Pate explained. βThe back of it is kind of high and I think the kids just slid with the loveseat.β
He said the children in the house, and the 10-year-old driver, werenβt injured, but that he was shocked when he heard the young driver as she spoke with an officer at the scene.
β[The officer] couldnβt believe what she said. He was like βexcuse me?β And she said, βI wanted to kill people.β And he said βIβm sorry, what did you say?β And she said, βI wanted to kill people,β Pate told WDRB.
Investigators learned that the little girl, whose name has not been released, also slammed the pickup into another vehicle before she crashed it into Pateβs house.
Kristina Bryan said she was driving down the road when the girl collided with her car.
Bryanβs vehicle was struck so violently that it spun several times, and cut grooves into the pavement, WDRB reported.
The woman sustained minor injuries in the collision, but said her vehicle was totaled.
βWhere was the parents when this little girl even got into the car?β Bryan, a mother to 11-month-old twins asked, according to WDRB. βHow did this little girl even get access to the keys?β
Pate said his family will be displaced for at least one month while the residence is being repaired.
βAll we want is an apology from the family, pretty much,β Pate told WDRB. βWe havenβt heard from them and we havenβt heard from anybody.
The incident is still under investigation, and no charges have yet been filed, the New York Daily News reported.
Both Pate and Bryan told WDRB they plan to take legal action against the childβs parents.