Car crashes into house in Kent
August 14, 2008 · Updated 11:51 AM
A car reportedly crashed into a Kent home last night, knocking the house off its foundations.
Kent Fire Department emergency units arrived shortly after 7:15 p.m. last night, and found that an elderly couple in a sedan had gone off the road and hit the large mobile home at 26706 132nd Ave. S.E., according to Deputy Fire Marshal Don Barberie.
"They hit it hard enough that it actually knocked (the house) off the blocks," said Barberie, adding that part of the house ended up resting on the car.
Fire personnel spent nearly two hours extricating the car's driver and passenger – both in their 70s, and both injured – and removing the car from beneath the house, according to Barberie.
The female passenger was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center with a possible head injury. An ambulance transported the male driver to Harborview to treat assorted minor injuries.
The residents of the house – two adults and three children – were home at the time of the accident, but were unharmed. They are staying with family locally until the status of the home has been determined.
Kent Police are investigating the cause of the accident.
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