Flying engine from crash into Belchertown home nearly killed mother

The home at 73 North Main St. in Belchertown, where a car engine smashed through the wall and into the house. Photo by Juliet Schulman-Hall

Trevor Sims, 50, was making dinner on Sunday night when he heard a loud bang and his mother-in-law screaming.

Sims said he ran upstairs and ushered his mother-in-law away from the gaping hole she was looking out of next to her bedroom.

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