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Daily Mail
04-05-2025
- Daily Mail
Wild moment speeding Mercedes crashes into Long Island home
Shocking footage has captured the moment after a speeding Mercedes crashed into Long Island house - with the homeowner inside - in an accident neighbors said sounded like an 'explosion.' An elderly woman behind the wheel of a Mercedes-Benz sent her luxury vehicle smashing through the walls of a family home at around 4:30pm in Nassau County on Saturday. Eyewitness accounts described to ABC7 the terrifying moment the 82-year-old driver lost control of her vehicle. The car careened off Bethpage Road and into a residential property on West Street, as reported by the outlet. 'The car hit the curb, went in the air, bounced two or three times a football field, and entered the house and disappeared. It was surreal,' one stunned witness, Wayne Burke told the outlet. The 56-year-old homeowner was relaxing on her living room sofa when the Mercedes came crashing through her walls without warning. She was left surrounded by debris and trapped inside her own home. 'She was sitting in the living room on the couch, yeah she got some debris on her -- she was luckily not stuck, so she was able to walk around, but she was trapped, because none of the doors could open,' another eyewitness Corrine McPartland said. Shocking video footage shows emergency services extracting the car from inside the home. Neighbors rescued the woman through a window of her devastated home. 'She was in shock, she just kept saying 'my house, my house, there's a car in my house!' But we kept reassuring that yes, you are safe and everybody is okay,' McPartland said. Neighbors then began to detected the smell of gas leaking from the damaged property. 'Everybody was frantic cause we could all smell gas, and we were trying to find a way to get into the house,' he said. The elderly driver of the Mercedes was initially buried beneath piles of rubble from the impact but eventually was taken to the hospital. She is currently being treated for minor injuries. The homeowner was also physically stable and expected to recover.
Yahoo
04-05-2025
- Yahoo
Mercedes smashes through Long Island home, leaving trail of damage in its wake
A dark-colored Mercedes-Benz crashed into the side of a home in Hicksville on Long Island Saturday, smashing a wall, breaking a gas line and coming to rest in a living room. A woman inside the West Street home was injured in the 4:30 p.m. crash, which decimated the side of the structure — from which screams could be heard emanating. The home's occupant had to be removed through a window before being taken by ambulance to the hospital. Her condition was not immediately known. 'This car came past me and startled me because it was so close,' explained witness Wayne Burke, who was parked at the intersection at Woodbury Road. 'She accelerated through, bounced across the road and went through two properties, and fully went into the house. 'It was almost like a video game,' Burke added. 'The car hit the curb, went in the air, bounced two or three times, and entered the house and disappeared. It was surreal.' Burke told The Post he could hear screaming coming from inside, but wasn't sure if it was the driver or someone else in the home. Photos taken at the scene showed the car's driver's side door had been removed. Inside the damaged home, the Mercedes could be seen surrounded by, and covered in, splintering debris and The name of the female driver was not available at press time. The Post also learned a baby was inside the house when the crash occurred, but was not harmed. Neighbors reported detecting a strong gas odor in the area soon after the crash. It was unclear what caused the crash. The Mercedes also clipped a trailer and two snowmobiles parked in the driveway before crashing through the wall. A Suffolk County Police spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment.
New York Post
03-05-2025
- New York Post
Mercedes smashes through Long Island home, leaving trail of damage in its wake
A dark-colored Mercedes-Benz crashed into the side of a home in Hicksville on Long Island Saturday, smashing a wall, breaking a gas line and coming to rest in a living room. First responders, including members of the Bethpage Fire Department, were summoned to a West Street home at around 4:30 p.m. They arrived to find the luxury automobile had come to rest halfway into the home. Photos taken at the scene showed the car's driver's side door removed. Inside the damaged home, the Mercedes could be seen surrounded by, and covered in, splintering debris. The name of the female driver was not available at press time. The Post could not confirm a woman inside the home at the time of the crash sustained injuries. She was, however, taken away in an ambulance. 'This car came passed me and startled me because it was so close,' explained witness Wayne Burke. 'She accelerated through, bounced across the road and went through two properties, and fully went into the house. 'It was almost like a video game,' Burke added. 'The car hit the curb, went in the air, bounced two or three times, and entered the house and disappeared. It was surreal.' Neighbors reported detecting a strong gas odor in the area soon after the crash. Burke told The Post he could hear screaming coming from inside the home, but wasn't sure if it was the driver or someone else in the home. It was unclear what caused the crash. The Mercedes also clipped a trailer and two jet skis parked in the driveway before crashing through the wall. A Suffolk County Police spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment.
