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Internet breaks as Pennsylvania man crashes car into second floor of his house

"Driver was able to climb out onto roof after crash and was taken to hospital with injuries," Junk Fire Company says

By Web Desk
August 09, 2023
A car can be seen smashed into the second floor of a house in Lewistown Pennsylvania in this picture released on August 7, 2023. — Facebook/Junction Fire Company
A car can be seen smashed into the second floor of a house in Lewistown Pennsylvania in this picture released on August 7, 2023. — Facebook/Junction Fire Company

In a hard-to-imagine freakish accident, a man drove into his house’s second floor in Lewistown Pennsylvania Sunday, which officials said was an 'intentional act', leaving the internet baffled.

The person who crashed his car is awaiting charges from the police as authorities found a grey car sticking out of the side of the house in the city of Lewistown.

Authorities have not made it clear as to how the car made it to the second floor and the pictures show the car smashed into the house.

"The pictures speak for themselves," a fire official told the BBC.

A car can be seen smashed into the second floor of a house in Lewistown Pennsylvania in this picture released on August 7, 2023. — Facebook/Junction Fire Company
A car can be seen smashed into the second floor of a house in Lewistown Pennsylvania in this picture released on August 7, 2023. — Facebook/Junction Fire Company

Sam Baumgardner, an administrator at the Junction Fire Company said at least three people were inside the house when the car smashed the second floor but no one was injured.

"The driver was able to climb out onto the roof after the crash and was taken to the hospital with injuries," Baumgardner said adding that the car likely hit the second floor because of a culvert — a tunnel that carries a stream under a road or railway — on the left side of the house.

"The driver went into the culvert and propelled into the air and landed on the second floor", Baumgardner added.

A house can be seen where a car was smashed into the second floor in Lewistown Pennsylvania in this picture released on August 7, 2023. — Facebook/Junction Fire Compan
A house can be seen where a car was smashed into the second floor in Lewistown Pennsylvania in this picture released on August 7, 2023. — Facebook/Junction Fire Compan

Lewistown police said in a report that they had determined through an investigation that the crash was "an intentional act", with officials adding that the driver will face charges for the crash.

The fire department said it took about three hours to remove the car from the second floor.

"The crew that was on the rescue definitely had to think outside the box," Baumgardner said.

"Rescue crews helped stabilise the house and put a tarp over the hole from the crash because of upcoming storms," the Junction Fire Company said in a post on Facebook.