Elderly Woman Drives Into, And Through, Peninsula Home: Cops

PACIFICA, CA — A Pacifica home was deemed uninhabitable this week after a woman drove her car all the way through it, police reported Wednesday. The incident happened Monday afternoon in the 900 block of Crespi Drive.

Police said that around 2 p.m. that day, multiple people called to report the vehicle collision into a residence.

"Officers and personnel from the North County Fire Authority arrived and determined a vehicle had driven through this residence and had come to rest in the backyard," police said in a news release.

Witnesses quickly checked to see if anyone was hurt, but fortunately no one was inside the home when the 88-year-old Pacifica woman crashed, police said.

"Witnesses at the scene reported the vehicle was traveling north on Seville Drive towards the T-intersection at Crespi Drive at a high rate of speed," police said. "The vehicle continued through the intersection and into the front of the residence."

The woman, who was not identified, hurt her arm and was hospitalized, police said. Her injury was described as minor.

"The vehicle was later towed from the scene," police said. "The City building official assessed the damage to the residence and determined it was not structurally safe for occupation."