BROCKTON, MASS. (WHDH) - An investigation is underway after an SUV slammed into a house in Brockton late Wednesday night, sending the driver to the hospital.
Officers responding to the crash on Centre Street around 11:30 p.m. learned that a car had hit the black SUV in the parking lot of a gas station, causing it to barrel through a fence and slam into the house next door, according to Brockton police.
The driver that caused the crash drove away from the scene but eventually turned around and came back.
The 50-year-old driver of the black SUV was transported to Brockton Hospital, where their condition has not been released, police said.
Cheryl Burkett and another woman who live in the home say moments separated them from being in the path of the car.
“First of all, we would be dead if we didn’t come in from having our cigarette and taking the dog out,” Burkett recalled. “If we were out there a minute longer, none of us would be standing here.”
The two women added that their belongings on the porch are ruined but they are grateful to be alive.
“Our stuff’s not fixable, it’s destroyed, which I’d rather have my life than what’s in my dresser and what’s on my porch,” Burkett said.
Crews have removed the SUV and are working to repair the home.
No additional information has been released.
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