4, including child, taken to hospital after car crashes into Holiday home
Four injured after car slams into home
Four people, including one child, were taken to the hospital Tuesday evening after a car crashed into a home in the 3000 block of Bahia Avenue in Holiday, according to Pasco County Fire Rescue.�Genevieve Curtis reports. (Some of the images in this video were taken by Ryan Watern)
HOLIDAY, Fla. - Four people, including one child, were taken to the hospital Tuesday evening after a car crashed into a home in the 3000 block of Bahia Avenue in Holiday, according to Pasco County Fire Rescue.
What we know:
Officials with the agency said two adults were inside the home and one adult and the child were inside the car.
The home was significantly damaged during the crash, authorities said. The Red Cross was notified of the crash, so they could help the residents of the home, according to Pasco fire.
Local perspective:
Those nearby could see where the SUV crashed through a chain-link fence, a wood fence, then went airborne over a pool before crashing into the living room of a home.
Relatives said the driver had a medical emergency when the crash happened. Izaya Sprague said his aunt, uncle, and his aunt's friend were in the home at the time when suddenly it was like the wall exploded.
His aunt and her friend were hurt and taken to the hospital. He said when he got here, his heart dropped, seeing the condition of the car and the home.
"How are they alive? how did that girl walk out of that car? I’m shocked she’s alive — this could happen to anyone, count y'all's blessings," Sprague said.
What we don't know:
Pasco County fire crews haven't released the conditions of the people sent to the hospital.
The Source: The information in this story was released by Pasco County Fire Rescue.