PHOENIX — One person is dead and another is in police custody after a car crashed into a Phoenix home overnight on Wednesday.
The crash happened at a residence near Southern and 31st avenues around 1 a.m. Phoenix police said 66-year-old Jose Martinez Aguirre was trapped underneath the car when officers first arrived at the scene.
Family members say that the car crashed into Jose's bedroom. Other members of the family were upstairs when the crash happened.
First responders extricated the 66-year-old from underneath the car and took him to the hospital, where he later died from his injuries.
The driver remained on scene and has been arrested. He's been identified as 38-year-old Aaron Johns.
Phoenix police said Johns allegedly lost control of his car as he was driving eastbound on Wayland Drive. Impairment is believed to be involved, police said.
Johns is potentially facing a charge of manslaughter.
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