A Franklin teen arrested after allegedly crashing into a house in a stolen car in Cherokee on Tuesday, Dec. 7 is facing multiple charges. Ethan Matthew Leonard, 18, reportedly lost control of the vehicle at the intersection of Dillsboro Road and Old Hometown Place, and was going way too fast when he tried to turn sending the vehicle skidding nearly 30 feet straight into the house on Dillsboro Rd., demolishing the chimney of the 79-year-old home, built in 1942. Leonard was charged by the NCHP with reckless driving and driving on a revoked/license. The teen and two passengers in the wrecked vehicle were taken to an area hospital for treatment of injuries sustained in the crash.
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