According to authorities, a woman from Tennessee killed a patient at an assisted living facility in Knoxville when she crashed her minivan into the structure.
The 24-year-old Eleasah Williams was taken into custody on Saturday afternoon and is accused of reckless vehicular homicide. On a $75,000 bond, she was taken to the Knox County Jail.
The collision occurred early on Saturday morning. According to the Knoxville Police Department, officers were called to the Shannondale Assisted Living Facility at 7350 Middlebrook Pike at around 5:15 a.m. after receiving reports of a collision.
According to police, the car “crashed completely into the room, striking and killing the occupant,” who was later identified as Walter Humphrey, 96.
The entire minivan is seen inside the building in a photo taken during the collision, having broken through the brick wall and knocked over anything else that stood in its way. The absence of skid marks on the nearby grass suggests that the car might have flown through the air before hitting the wall.
Authorities say the driver, who is believed to be Williams, was taken out of the car and taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. She was booked into the county jail after being released.
The terrifying seconds before the collision are documented in court documents.
According to documents, police were first called to a domestic dispute at an apartment complex. The caller claimed that Williams was “suicidal and homicidal” and “wanted to kill herself and others.”
According to the records, Williams later acknowledged using a THC vape and taking multiple prescription drugs before driving at an excessive speed and making an attempt at suicide.
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According to the police, the driver seemed to have driven directly into one of the bedrooms of the assisted living facility from a Woodview Lane apartment complex, which is located across four lanes of Middlebrook Pike.
People in the community were shocked to learn of Humphrey’s passing.
“We hate it for our neighbors and for our friends across the street at Shannondale.” Troy Forrester, the lead pastor at Middlebrook Pike United Methodist, said, “We love all of those folks.Our prayers are extended to him, his family, and all of the residents of that area that were affected by this tragedy.”
Humphrey’s passing was described as “tragic” by another local resident, who also called it a “very hard hit for the family that had the person there being cared for.”
