One Person Trapped After Teen Slams Into Simi Valley Home During Chase

SIMI VALLEY (CBSLA) – There were no serious injuries after a 16-year-old boy slammed into a Simi Valley home while leading police on a pursuit early Saturday morning, trapping a resident in their bedroom.

"I heard what sounded like an explosion," resident Shari White said when the crash awakened her. "I felt things flying over me and woke up and saw this car."

The chase began at around 2:45 a.m. when officers responded to a report of a suspicious person and discovered a Honda Accord without its headlights on, Simi Valley police report.

When they tried to pull it over, the driver sped away, prompting a short chase that ended when the car crashed into a house in the 3500 block of La Mesa Avenue, police said.

"It was three o'clock in the morning, so we didn't expect that," said White's mother who was sleeping in another bedroom.

The crash trapped White inside her bedroom, the Ventura County Fire Department reports. Firefighters were able to rescue her and she escaped uninjured. The house sustained significant damage.

"The way it happened I thought there was going to be a fire," White said. "I kept yelling 'Are you ok? Are you ok?' to whoever was in the car."

The teen was arrested at the scene on charges of driving a stolen vehicle, police said. No further details were released.