Sleeping Woman, Driver Seriously Injured When Car Crashes Into Home

A vehicle crashed into a house Monday night, seriously injuring the vehicle’s driver and a woman who was inside the house sleeping. Around 10:30 p.m., fire crews responded to a report of a crash near Farnsworth and Purdue streets, according to Alameda County fire spokeswoman Aisha Knowles.

The 25-year-old woman was asleep inside the home’s garage, which had been converted into a sleeping area, when the vehicle struck the house, Knowles said. The vehicle apparently landed on top of the woman and fire crews had to rescue her from underneath the vehicle, according to Knowles. Three dogs were also injured during the incident.

Both the woman and the driver were taken to the hospital, Knowles said. Investigators are trying to determine what caused the driver to veer off the roadway and into the house, according to Knowles.

San Leandro Police officials have not yet released details about the crash.

On Nov. 4, a 44-year-old man accidentally hit the gas pedal and crashed into a restaurant in Hercules, according to police. Neither the driver nor anyone in the business was injured.

Last month, a 70-year-old driver was trapped inside her car after crashing into a vacant building in a San Ramon shopping center and another driver was injured after her car crashed into Primary Eyecare Optometics in Castro Valley. In Livermore, an 80-year-old woman mistook the gas pedal for the brake accelerated into a gym hitting an exercise classroom, fatally injuring Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory executive Kathy Baker and injuring five others.

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By Bay City News and Autumn Johnson