A CARRUM Downs house was extensively damaged when a 67-year-old woman crashed her car – and another car – through the front bedroom wall, Thursday, 8.50pm.
The incident occurred when the woman drove her Toyota Camry up Protea St and along a pedestrian access track. The force of the collision shunted a second car through the bedroom window of the house in Botany Drive. The woman told police she had blacked out before the incident.
Carrum Downs police, Frankston SES and Carrum Downs fire brigade crews attended. No one was injured. Council building staff later assessed the house for structural stability.
The occupants, who were out, arrived soon afterwards, and were able to remain there overnight.
Frankston SES spokesman Brian McManus said the Carrum Downs woman apparently “hit the accelerator”, knocking over bollards and brickwork, and damaging water and gas meters.
“She did a bit of damage; she was moving alright – running into the car at the end of the walkway. The owners came home to find a car in their bedroom.”
Frankston 1st Constable Pierre Salce said the woman told him she had “woken up in the walkway”.
A breath-test returned a negative reading. He said charges were being considered, including a licence review.
