Driver Crashes SUV Through Niagara Falls Park Pool Area

A 36-year-old man has been arrested after an overnight crash left significant damage to the pool area at D’Amelio Park in Niagara Falls.

Police say the incident happened around 3:30am Friday when a vehicle plowed into the park at Centre Avenue and Aaron Griffin Way. According to the initial call, the driver fled the scene but witnesses were able to provide officers with a description.

Responding officers discovered a 2007 Cadillac Escalade badly damaged inside the pool area but unoccupied. Investigators ran the license plate and quickly determined the likely driver. He matched the description given and was already known to police through his association with the vehicle.

A preliminary review of the crash suggests the Escalade had been traveling east on Garden Avenue at high speed before leaving the roadway. The SUV then smashed through a fence on the west side of the property, somehow clearing the pool without landing in the water and ultimately broke through another fence on the east side.

Roughly 30 minutes later, police were called to a nearby home after the driver himself phoned authorities to report the accident, among other matters, and revealed his location. Officers took him into custody without incident.

Driver Crashes SUV Through Niagara Falls Park Pool Area