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.
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