A shocking incident recently unfolded in Laughlin, Nevada, captured in chilling home surveillance footage. The video reveals a car careening through a backyard wall, soaring skyward, and ejecting its driver straight into a private swimming pool.
The dramatic event took place late on December 15, as reported by FOX 5 Las Vegas. The circumstances leading to this unusual crash involve the driver allegedly speeding and subsequently failing to brake in time, resulting in the car crashing through a sturdy concrete wall.
In the footage, the white vehicle is seen spinning in mid-air under the cloak of night, a testament to the sheer force of the impact. As the car hurtles through the air, it strikes the roof of a backyard pool house before coming to rest precariously at the pool’s edge.
Both police and the crash report corroborate that excessive speed was a contributing factor in this surreal sequence of events. The driver, identified as Cletis Reed, faced immediate consequences of their reckless driving, as the vehicle’s unexpected trajectory led to an unforgettable plunge.
It strikes the roof of the backyard pool house before landing on the property at the edge of the pool.
According to police and a crash report, the driver was allegedly speeding moments before failing to stop and slamming into a wall. (Cletis Reed)
After the crash, the driver can be seen floundering in the pool after being ejected from her vehicle.
Homeowner Cletis Reed told FOX 5 he heard a loud crash that sounded “like a freight train” and rushed outside, only to find his backyard destroyed and a woman floating in his pool.
“I figured something happened in the street, and I came out to see my entire backyard destroyed,” Reed said.
“Everything was just blown up. The patio is on the ground, the lady is floating in my pool.”
Footage shows the white vehicle rotating through the air, striking the roof of a backyard pool house before landing on the property at the edge of the pool. (Cletis Reed)
Reed also described how he had been moments away from getting into his hot tub, which was located near the wall that collapsed during the crash.
“I popped the cover on and thought I needed to tell my wife something,” Reed said. “By the grace of God, I’m here. If I was standing there, I would have been dead.”
The driver landed in the shallow end of the pool, which Reed said is only about waist-deep and surrounded by concrete and block walls.
“She was blessed, and I was blessed,” Reed said.
Reed and others pulled the driver from the water. He said she was conscious but disoriented and moaning.
About 15 minutes later, Reed said, she was standing and being interviewed by police.
The driver landed in the shallow end of the pool, which is only about waist-deep and surrounded by concrete and block walls. (Cletis Reed)
The vehicle landed in such a difficult position that a tow truck had to use a crane to remove it from the backyard.
Reed told FOX 5 how he invested his retirement savings into building his backyard oasis, including the resort-style pool.
The crash destroyed the patio and contaminated the 25,000-gallon pool with motor oil. Reed estimates repairs could cost nearly $300,000 and said the pool may need to be completely drained.
The driver was taken to a hospital in Arizona.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for comment.
