Drunk Driver Flies Pickup Truck Into Second Floor Killing One

A pickup truck took flight and crashed into the second floor of a New Jersey home Sunday, killing one person.

John Nunn, 27, was driving while intoxicated at the time of the incident. Nunn and one of the homeowners were both injured in the crash while Nunn’s passenger, Tyler Balog, 24, was killed.

The crash occurred around 2:30 a.m. when Nunn was driving on Route 57 in Washington Township and sped up in an effort to pass other vehicles. He lost control of his truck, hitting a mailbox and a stone pillar before going airborne and crashing into the home.

“He hit a landscaping structure that launched him into the second floor. He had a lot of speed going on there too,” Warren County Prosecutor James Pfeiffer said. “Talk about the odds of this. You have a better chance of winning the lottery than this happening.”

Nunn was thrown from the vehicle and found on the first floor with minor injuries while his passenger, Balog, was pronounced dead on the scene.

The homeowners were in at the time of the crash. One of the homeowners, a woman, was in a bedroom on the second floor when the vehicle crashed into the house and was severely injured. She was flown to Morristown Medical Center where she was listed in critical condition.

The other homeowner, a man, was in another part of the house during the crash and was not hurt although he was taken to Hackettstown Medical Center to be evaluated.

Nunn faces charges of death by auto, aggravated manslaughter, and DUI, which are pending alcohol test results.