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Family safe after semi smashes through Kelowna home

Samer Shehadeh one-year-old son and mother-in-law had to be rescued from the home

Samer Shehadeh was at work when he received a phone call that there was something wrong at his home.

His mother-in-law was in a panic, barely getting out words as she tried to explain that there was smoke and that she and the baby were trapped.

She had been upstairs putting her one-year-old grandson down for a nap when the whole house shook.

91裸聊视频淚 called 911 and they told me a semi-truck hit my house and I went into panic mode,91裸聊视频 Shehadeh said. 91裸聊视频淗ow is my son, how is my mother-in-law?91裸聊视频

He rushed home to find his mother-in-law and son trapped on the balcony and the cab of the semi buried in the front of his townhouse.

Shehadeh91裸聊视频檚 mother also hurried to the scene, however, when she saw the semi into the home she collapsed and had to be taken to hospital.

91裸聊视频淪he wasn91裸聊视频檛 part of this accident, but obviously the emotional impact,91裸聊视频 he said.

Shehadeh91裸聊视频檚 wife was also not at home at the time, but once she heard the news, left to be with her family after her husband explained what happened.

91裸聊视频淓veryone is OK, my youngest is OK, he is one year old, and his birthday was yesterday,91裸聊视频 added Shehadeh.

The couple91裸聊视频檚 other two sons were at school.

Deputy fire chief Dwight Seymour said reports came in just before 10:30 a.m. Tuesday (April 11) that a vehicle had driven into a structure at the corner of Gordon Drive and Cameron Avenue.

Once on scene, firefighters discovered the driver was trapped in the vehicle. Rescue crews were able to safely extract the driver from the vehicle. He was taken to hospital with undetermined injuries.

Crews then jumped into action to rescue Shehadeh91裸聊视频檚 mother-in-law and his son from the second-floor balcony.

91裸聊视频淲e put a ladder up to get them down the back balcony and they were the only two inside91裸聊视频.no injuries at all,91裸聊视频 said Seymour.

Shehadeh and his family were put in the care of Emergency Social Services, as the structural integrity of the home is not known, and neighbours from the townhouse next door were also evacuated.

According to a witness named Patrica, who was driving next to the semi north on Gordon Drive, it drifted into her lane and as she slowed down the truck travelled through the intersection and crashed into the home.

91裸聊视频淚 heard the impact, I saw the smoke and at that time there was a construction team calling 911. He (the driver) speak to us so we knew he was okay. He wanted to get out, so we kept him calm until paramedics arrived.91裸聊视频

This isn91裸聊视频檛 the first time there have been vehicle incidents at the corner of Cameron and Gordon.

Collisions that Shehadeh took to social media about, asking people to slow down.

91裸聊视频淭his is wild, just a couple of days ago I was talking to my family and I said I hope no one hits our house on this busy corner and then it happens,91裸聊视频 he said.

Shehadeh isn91裸聊视频檛 sure when his family will be able to return home, but for now, he is glad everyone is safe, including the driver of the truck.

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