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Updated · Fox News · Oct 25

Two Teens Arrested After Stolen Car Crashes Into Simpsonville Home, Triggering K9 and Drone Search

Updated

Updated · Fox News · Oct 25

Two Teens Arrested After Stolen Car Crashes Into Simpsonville Home, Triggering K9 and Drone Search

Q: Did the deputies' attempt to stop the stolen car inadvertently trigger the devastating crash into a family's home?

There is no evidence from the reported facts that deputies caused the crash, though their attempted stop was the event that preceded it. Authorities say deputies tried to stop a reported stolen car around 2:30 p.m. The driver then fled. Multiple reports from the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office, echoed by FOX Carolina and WYFF, state deputies did **not** pursue the vehicle before it went through yards and slammed into the home. That matters because the known facts do not show an active chase pushing the car into the house. What can fairly be said is that the attempted stop appears to have prompted the driver to run, and the crash happened during that flight. But based on the available reporting, the immediate cause of the impact was the driver’s decision to flee in the stolen vehicle, not a continuing police pursuit. The sheriff’s office video and witness accounts show deputies arriving moments after the crash and then chasing one suspect on foot. Two teenagers, 15 and 16, were later arrested and charged with possession of a stolen vehicle. No one inside the home was hurt because it was unoccupied at the time. So the careful answer is this: the stop attempt may have set events in motion, but the available evidence does not show deputies inadvertently drove the car into the home. The reporting points instead to the fleeing driver’s actions as the direct cause of the crash.

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 25

Two teenagers, 15 and 16, were arrested after a reported stolen car crashed through the front of a Simpsonville home on Renwood Road; deputies said no one was injured.
Around 2:30 p.m. on Oct. 15, deputies tried to stop the vehicle, but the driver fled; authorities said they did not pursue before the car barreled through yards and hit the house.
Video released by the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office shows the passenger quickly taken into custody while deputies, multiple K9 teams and a drone searched the neighborhood for the driver.
Residents said the home was empty when the car hit, narrowly missing another vehicle in the garage by inches and leaving major damage for the homeowners to repair.