07-06-2004, 05:55 PM
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Originally posted by foolio
Car Crashes Through Roof During July 4th Cookout
POSTED: 12:26 pm EDT July 6, 2004
MARLBOROUGH, Mass. -- When Scott Penney promised fireworks for a Fourth of July cookout -- he wasn't kidding.
But the bang didn't come from a mere firecracker. It was the sound of a Ford crashing through the roof of his home. Penney was getting ready to host a backyard barbecue Sunday, when a Taurus drove off an elevated parking lot and crashed into his house in Marlborough.
Penney said he heard the sound of the crash -- but didn't see what happened until he went around the two-family house.
Then he saw the car sticking out of his roof.
A 1992 Ford Taurus drove off an elevated parking lot and crashed into the roof of a home that was about the same level as the lot.
The car came to rest with its hood sticking out the roof. The vehicle came to rest on a supporting wall and did not fall into the home's living area.
Arriving firefighters climbed a ladder and helped the car's driver get out.
The driver, who is in her 70s, refused medical treatment. Police said she apparently pressed the accelerator when she thought she was hitting the brake.
No one was injured. But when Penney's guests started to arrive for the cookout, the emergency crews were still working.
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