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Teen motorist launches van into building
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Tuesday, September 18, 2007
DAYTON — A 17-year-old Dayton teen, who said he was celebrating passing his GED test, slammed a blue van he was driving into an apartment building Tuesday, police said.
The full length of the vehicle ended up inside an empty apartment, Dayton Lt. John Bardun said.
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But because of the velocity of the van, it hit the structure with such force that the youth avoided a 12-foot plunge into a gap of space between a parking lot and the building.
The accident occurred about 6:14 p.m. at Wayne and Wilmington avenues, Bardun said.
No one was in the apartment because of a fire a month ago.
The teen, who was not identified by name, was cited to court on charges of driving without a license, reckless operation and failure to maintain reasonable control of his vehicle, then released, Bardun said.
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