A vehicle involved in a collision on Parthenon Avenue ended up inside the dining room of a Nashville apartment near Centennial Park. The driver, Elizabeth Lorick, escaped with bruising, according to WSMV.
The crash happened at about 8 a.m. Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, on Parthenon Avenue, WSMV reported. Lorick told the station another driver t-boned her at an intersection, sending her vehicle out of control. Metro Nashville police officers confirmed that the vehicle spun out and entered the home after the collision, the station reported.
Trapped Behind the Wheel
WSMV reported that Lorick said she was driving a rental car and became trapped after the crash. She told the station she kicked the door open to escape and had some bruising.
A witness told WSMV they heard a loud bang, then saw Lorick's vehicle strike other cars before hitting the apartment. The witness said three to four people were inside the home, upstairs at the time.
How the Crash Timeline Came Together
The crash left multiple airbags deployed, and WSMV described the vehicle as lodged deep inside the apartment's dining room.
Not the First Car-Into-Home Scare in the Region
Vehicles crashing into homes have cropped up elsewhere in the Nashville area in recent memory. In a separate incident, a vehicle crashed into the roof of a home on Smith Springs Road, according to NewsChannel 5, and two neighboring homes suffered property damage from the car before it went airborne. Metro Police were investigating that crash, the station reported.
A separate account of that roof crash, relayed by NewsNation, said two people were injured when a car crashed through the roof of a home just after 8 a.m. on a Sunday. Homeowner Jennifer Pittman and her dogs were not hurt, but officials told WSMV the driver suffered a broken neck and faced charges including reckless endangerment and driving under the influence, according to that report. It is not clear from available reporting whether that roof crash is the same incident as the one on Smith Springs Road or a separate event.
Car-into-building wrecks have also disrupted housing elsewhere in the region. In Gallatin, families were displaced for nearly a week after a car crashed into their apartment building, WSMV previously reported. City officials condemned that part of the complex until repairs could be made, with no timeline given for when residents could return. City records in that case showed the driver struck the building twice before driving off and crashing again down a hill.
Nashville's Road-Safety Picture
Metro Nashville's Vision Zero Action Plan reported that 468 people had died in fatal traffic collisions on state and local roads in Nashville since 2014. That citywide figure does not establish whether Parthenon Avenue or nearby streets were identified as part of a high-injury network.
No further details on injuries to the apartment residents near Centennial Park, the condition of the building, or any potential charges against the other driver involved in the Parthenon Avenue collision were included in the available reporting.
