Driver loses control, crashes into garage of La Palma home

Saturday, April 8, 2017
LA PALMA, Calif. (KABC) -- A car veered off a street and landed on top of another car inside the garage of a La Palma home Saturday morning.

The crash happened around 10 a.m. in the 7400 block of Dallas Drive. Witnesses and neighbors said they heard a loud noise.
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"We heard a big explosion that everything was like an earthquake," neighbor Umberto Montoya said.

A white BMW had veered off the street, crashing into the garage of Dan and Edith Hickey. The car had landed on top of a loaner car they had.

The couple was asleep at the time on the second floor in a bedroom toward the back of the house. The Hickeys said they had felt their home shake and thought it was an earthquake until they came outside and saw their garage.
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Authorities said the driver wasn't under the influence. He and his passengers weren't hurt in the crash.

A contractor said the damage is at least $50,000, but could end up being more.



It was unclear why or how the driver lost control of the BMW. The crash remained under investigation.
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