A family watching the Chargers game at their El Cajon home had a scare Sunday when someone drove a car through their living room wall causing tens of thousands of dollars in damage. NBC 7’s Ashley Matthews reports.
A family watching the Chargers game at their El Cajon home had a scare Sunday when someone drove a car through their living room wall causing tens of thousands of dollars in damage.
“I was on my way home when my son called me,” renter Rodney Hurn told NBC 7. He said while he wasn’t there when the car drove through the wall, both his wife and son were.
According to Hurn, when the car approached a stop sign across the street the driver hit the accelerator instead of the brake. The crash may have been caused by a medical emergency.
Both the driver and Hurn’s wife, who was sitting on the couch when the car came through the wall, were taken to the hospital.
“She was sitting right on the other side when it happened,” Hurn said of his wife. “Her knees hurt, her ankles hurt and her back hurts.”
The homeowner is also assessing the damage, trying to fix the structure so the family can stay in the home while repairs are being made.
“The building inspector was already here and he says if we shore up this corner, we'll be able to stay here,” Hurn said. The Hurn’s new car was also damaged when the garage door fell on it.
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Amazingly, this isn't the first time someone has crashed into the family's home.
"It happened about a year ago. Had a guy hit-and-run somebody up the street and he was trying to get away from the scene, drove through our neighbors yard, flew off the wall and hit the corner of our porch."
Even with all the damage Hurn said he’s just glad no one was seriously injured.
"[I'm going to] just clean it up," Hurn said with a slight smile.
