An SUV was seen lodged in the side of a two-story house after being catapulted several feet in the air Sunday night.
The unusual scene was photographed by several passersby on the usually quiet stretch of road in Hyattsville, Maryland, with one social media user calling it the ‘craziest’ he had ever witnessed.
Footage filmed moments after the accident, which occurred just before 8:30pm, shows firefighters assessing the damage as well as the structural integrity of the savaged home.
It further shows how the 3,500-lb. Honda CR-V was left wedged in the domicile completely upside down, and the massive hole left behind once removed.
Thankfully, police said, the house was unoccupied at the time – but perhaps most surprisingly, the car’s driver managed to walk away unscathed.
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A full-size SUV was seen lodged in the side of two-story house after being catapulted several feet in the air Sunday night, leaving residents in Hyattsville, Maryland, awestruck
The 3,500-lb. vehicle was left wedged in the domicile completely upside down, and left a massive hole behind once removed
‘CAR DRIVES UP HILL & FLIES *INTO* HOUSE UPSIDE DOWN,’ the tweet from Christian Flores, a journalism student called to the house on Riggs Road, read.
‘Amazingly, occupant was able to self-extricate,’ he went on to reveal.
‘He drove up a hill, got some air-time, and ended up inside of a house. Craziest scene I’ve been on.’
Flores was among several citizens to flock to house Sunday night to lay witness to the awe-inspiring scene, which left a massive hole in the home, and somehow no one injured.
The motorist, police said, was able to exit the vehicle without assistance, finding himself inside the empty house after the scary crash
First responders who arrived on the scene just after 8:30 pm were then tasked with removing the car, after the driver had already managed to exit it on his own accord.
According to Flores, the motorist, who was not named, told authorities that he had only been driving 40 miles per hour, and somehow lost control of the vehicle as it made its way up a hill before hitting the impacted house.
After roughly two hours, officers managed to remove the careened car, leaving behind the massive hole.
A tweet from the The Hyattsville Volunteer Fire Department, posted at 10:12 pm, said that the department and other first-responders had initiated a collapse investigation amid concerns over the home’s structural integrity.
The original tweet from Flores covering the scene has since been retweeted nearly 500 times.
Flores, who also works as a reporter for ABC-affiliate 7News, managed to document firefighters’ struggle to remove the obstruction from the vacant home, using a crane to pull it on a flat bed,
The unusual scene was photographed by several passersby on the usually quiet stretch of road in Hyattsville, Maryland, with one social media user calling it the ‘craziest’ he had ever seen
Despite police successfully clearing the scene, the crash’s devastating aftermath remained – with images snapped by Flores and other citizens showing strewn debris, the homes devastated back porch, and, of course, the SUV-sized hole.
Prince George’s County have yet to confirm whether or not the home belongs to anyone, or if the unnamed driver will be deemed responsible for the damages.
The motorist, police said, was able to exit the vehicle without assistance, after finding himself inside the empty house inside the crashed car.
Police in Prince George’s County confirmed the driver did not receive ‘any serious injuries.’ The department said that it is currently investigating the incident.
