Car Sails Into SoCal Home's 2nd Story 'Felt Like A Plane Crash'

CHINO, CA — "It felt like a plane crashed into our home!"

Resident Andrea Kobzeff told reporters she considered that more feasible than the sportscar careening through her ceiling early Tuesday.

She and her husband were forced to leave their Chino home early Tuesday when an out-of-control Mustang crashed through the second story of the house, injuring the four people inside.

Shortly before 12:30 a.m., the Chino Fire Department had arrived after reports of a traffic accident on Medford Court, department spokesperson Massiel Ladron De Guevara confirmed with Patch.

"We found a single vehicle had gone through the second story of a residence, coming to rest on a patio cover."

According to Guevara, four patients, aged 21 and younger, were safely extricated from the car, evaluated, treated, and transported to an area hospital for further care.

Chino Police and building and safety personnel were also at the scene to assess what KTLA referred to as "extensive damage" to the Medford Court home. Community liaison officers worked with the Kobzeffs, who were displaced pending the inspection and repairs.

"We realize that people don't know what to do after a fire or incident, so we help them through such sudden displacement," De Guevara said.

Shortly before the incident, Kobzeff told reporters that she heard the sounds of speeding cars from the cul-de-sac below. Google images from 2023 show that this is not an uncommon occurrence in that area.

NBC4 LA reporters posit the vehicle lost control while speeding circles around the end of S. San Antonio Avenue, then smashed through a fence, down a cement embankment, and up drainage's other side. The drainage acted as a cement ramp — and sent the sportscar sailing onto a patio cover and through the upper wall and ceiling of the home.

Patch has reached out to the Chino Police Department and will add more information as it is released. It is not yet known if there will be any arrests or citations in this incident.

"Kids do like to do donuts back there, and we've heard a lot of that tonight," she said, voice choked with emotion. "To think a car would fly through our house!"

Firefighters used heavy equipment to remove all occupants, and the smashed vehicle was removed from the patio cover with the assistance of a crane.

"I can't say if this has ever happened before, De Guevara said. "We do respond to vehicles into buildings, but I can't recall an incident like this."