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Car crashes through roof of Calif. house

The driver lost control on an embankment and crashed into a Los Angeles County house

By Emily Alpert Reyes
Los Angeles Times

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. — A car careened off the road and crashed into the roof of a Rancho Palos Verdes home on Sunday evening, resulting in one person being taken to a nearby hospital.

The collision occurred around 5:50 p.m. at 28036 Santona Drive, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department .

“It sounded like the whole house exploded,” homeowner Joann Killeen told KTLA.

The driver was an older person who lost control of their vehicle on a nearby embankment and had minor injuries, said watch commander Lt. Rony Del Pinto of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

A photo from NBC Los Angeles showed the car embedded in the roof of the home. Images shared by Killeen with KTLA showed that an interior room was badly damaged, and a gaping hole was left in the ceiling.

Del Pinto said no one else in the home was injured and no arrest was made, calling it a “complete accident.”

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