SAUGUS – Resident James Martinez said he and his wife had no intention of causing any harm when water was pumped into the road in front of their home on Lynn Fells Parkway, but they simply had nowhere else to send it.Three Saugus High students, Christopher Sanderson, James Alcott Jr. and Nicholas Sanderson, hit a patch of black ice Dec. 5 in front of the Martinez home on their way to school after an early-morning hockey practice at Kasabuski Arena. The 1997 Jeep Wrangler Sahara they were in, driven by Christopher Sanderson, flipped and slammed into a guardrail more than 500 feet away. The three boys were wearing seatbelts and escaped unharmed.”We feel absolutely horrible about the wreck that happened,” said Martinez. “We feel very bad for those kids.”He said that for the past seven weeks, there has been 1 foot of standing water in his basement as well as in the back and side yards. “Our basement is destroyed,” he said.Martinez said he has eight pumps running 24 hours a day to keep the water from rising.”If I unplug one pump, my basement goes up 2 inches,” he said.Martinez said the problem last week may have been caused by a pipe that burst or shifted during recent road construction in the area. He said there was a similar water problem three years ago, however, it was resolved and there were no further issues until now.Martinez said he brought the current issue to the attention of the Department of Public Works before the crash occurred.”All the town can say is that it’s a water table issue,” he said, though he is still waiting for a more detailed explanation and solution.”The town needs to figure out what the problem is,” he said.Martinez also said that he has never received any warning letters or citations in the past and was angered that the police and the DPW would point the finger at him.”For them to sit there and put the blame on my family is absolutely absurd,” he said.DPW director Brendan O’Regan said Martinez called his office “sometime in November” to report the problem.”He was having some issues with water and was wondering if the (storm) drain was blocked,” said O’Regan.Upon inspection, DPW personnel did not find any obstructions.O’Regan said he also received a letter from Martinez dated Dec. 7 (two days after the crash) that detailed the persisting problems.However, between the Martinez home being a private residence and the Lynn Fells Parkway being a state roadway, O’Regan said the situation is not within the town’s authority to address.”None of these issues are specific town issues,” he said.