Dramatic video shows truck rolling in front of Hialeah home

Victim taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center

HIALEAH, Fla. – Dramatic new surveillance video shows the moment a 73-year-old man lost control of his truck.

He flips several times before coming to a crashing halt outside a home along Lejeune Road in Hialeah late Tuesday morning.

Panicked witnesses rushed toward the scene, attempting to free the driver from the wreckage, unaware if he was still alive.

According to witnesses, the truck first hit some bushes and then struck the roof of the house, never actually coming into contact with the front of the structure. 

Hialeah Fire Department Capt. David Rodriguez said the man suffered severe trauma to his head and his arm. His injuries were so serious that he was put on a stretcher and flown to Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center in Miami.

"I would consider it to be serious to critical. When you do sustain injuries like that, that you consider a trauma alert, you're always talking something serious that you need to go to Ryder, and in this case, it's a rollover, it's an elderly male -- all of those things are a contributing factor to us deeming it a trauma alert," Rodriguez said. 

Kelly Pena, the daughter of the homeowner, said she was at school and had no idea what happened until she got home and saw the damage. Her fence was destroyed and the roof is severely damaged.

She was shaken by what she saw in the video.  

"Oh my God! I don't like the video," Pena said.

Pena said she and her family will remain in their home despite the damage.

As far as that driver, it's still unclear what caused him to lose control and it is also unclear if he will face charges.