A car crashed through a 10-year-old girl's bedroom while she slept inside, leaving her parents scrambling through debris to reach her early Sunday morning in Elsmere, Kentucky. Police say no one was hurt and no one was taken to the hospital, but the home was left with significant damage after the vehicle made impact with the child's room.
Parents Dug Through Debris to Reach Their Daughter
According to WLWT, the crash happened at a home in the 200 block of Shaw Avenue around 5 a.m. Officers who responded found the house with significant damage after the car struck the bedroom belonging to the 10-year-old girl, who was asleep at the time.
The girl's parents reportedly struggled to help rescue her because of a large amount of debris that had gathered inside the room, the station reports. Despite the force of the impact, police said no one was injured in the crash, and no one was transported to a hospital.
Cause of the Crash Still Unknown
It remains unclear what caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle before it barreled into the home, and whether the driver is expected to face any charges has also not been determined. Elsmere police are continuing to investigate the crash, per the same report, and have not released further details about the driver or the vehicle involved.
Cars crashing into homes are not unheard of beyond Northern Kentucky. In Lexington, emergency crews responded to a vehicle that struck a house on Augusta Drive, off Huntsville Drive, on a Friday afternoon, according to LEX 18. In that incident, the driver and a passenger were taken to the hospital with minor injuries, and fire officials reported minor structural damage to the home.
No such comparison establishes a pattern between the two incidents, which happened in different cities and under different circumstances. For now, the Elsmere case remains an open investigation, with the central question of how the driver ended up in a child's bedroom still unanswered.
