A homeowner in Pottstown cleaned up the rubble after a car went careening off the road and into his home causing substantial damage.
"We have had some slips, people jumping the curb and hitting poles out front. But nothing this bad. Nothing this bad," said Paul Decarlo of Pottstown.
Paul Decarlo stood in amazement looking at the hole in the side of his brick home.
His house sits at the corner of North Hanover Street and 3rd Street in Pottstown.
There have been accidents there before, but he tells us this is the first time his home actually stopped a car careening out of control.
"I saw the car and was like oh man," said Decarlo. "She was really moving to do this damage."
Police tell us a 59-year-old woman was behind the wheel.
Her trail of destruction started on South Hanover Street at the Route 422 westbound ramp in North Coventry Township.
That is where police said she struck a vehicle around 11:20 a.m. and kept going several blocks down Hanover Street before slamming into the brick home.
The impact of the crash was so powerful that it actually pushed bricks across the room and into the opposite wall.
"The entire living room was a pile of rubble. It literally was.
You could not even get into the living room. The door were shut from all of the bricks that had fallen," said Christine Miller of Pottstown.
Thankfully no one was home at the time, except their dog, who was a bit shaken.
Paul and Christine had a construction company remove the parts of the home that were compromised and secure the rest of the structure before they begin to rebuild.
"It is a nice old house. So we will have to fix it up," said Decarlo.
The driver was taken to Reading Hospital.
Police are still investigating both accidents, however the driver told police her gas pedal stuck which caused her to lose control.
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