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Horrifying footage from a Southern Nevada home surveillance video shows the moment a car crashes into a backyard wall, goes airborne and ejects the driver into a private pool.
The accident happened at the Dec. 15 super in Laughlin, according to FOX5Las Vegas.
According to police and a crash report seen by the outlet, the driver accelerated moments before failing to stop and crashing into and through the concrete wall.
The footage also shows the impact causing the white vehicle to spin through the air in the dark.
It hits the roof of the backyard pool house before landing on the poolside property.
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According to the police and the accident report, the driver accelerated a few moments before failing to stop and crashing into a wall. (Cletis Reed)
After the crash, the driver can be seen struggling in the pool after being ejected from his vehicle.
Homeowner Cletis Reed told FOX 5 she heard a loud crash that sounded “like a freight train” and rushed outside, only to find her yard destroyed and a woman floating in her pool.
“I thought something had happened in the street, and I came out to see my entire yard destroyed,” Reed said.
“Everything just blew up. The patio is on the ground, the lady is floating in my pool.”
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The footage shows the white vehicle spinning through the air, hitting the roof of a backyard pool house before landing on the property at the edge of the pool. (Cletis Reed)
Reed also described how he was moments away from getting into his hot tub, which was located near the wall that collapsed during the accident.
“I lifted the cover and thought I had to say something to my wife,” Reed said. “By the grace of God, I am here. If I had been there, I would have died.”
The driver landed in the shallow end of the pool, which Reed said is only about waist deep and surrounded by concrete and block walls.
“She was blessed, and I was blessed,” Reed said.
Reed and others pulled the driver from the water. She said she was conscious but disoriented and moaning.
About 15 minutes later, Reed said, she was standing and being questioned by police.
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The driver landed in the shallow end of the pool, only about waist deep and surrounded by concrete and block walls. (Cletis Reed)
The vehicle landed in such a difficult position that a tow truck had to use a crane to remove it from the yard.
Reed told FOX 5 how he invested his retirement savings into building his backyard oasis, including the resort-style pool.
The accident destroyed the patio and contaminated the 25,000-gallon pool with motor oil. Reed estimates repairs could cost nearly $300,000 and said the pool may need to be drained completely.
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The driver was taken to an Arizona hospital.
Fox Information Digital has reached out to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for comment.
