Mazda BT50 dual cab ute crashes into two houses in Adelaide’s Paradise
Shocking moment when unlicensed driver loses control of car and drives into two houses, missing a family of four
- A Mazda BT50 ute crashed into two homes on Saturday morning
- The vehicle overshot a garden bed before breaking open a wall
- In the aftermath, a woman was seen running from the car
Shocking footage has captured the moment a dual-cab ute crashed into two houses after losing control and running off a busy ‘problematic’ stretch.
The gray Mazda BT50 was caught on CCTV at 10am on Saturday as it stormed into the front gardens of the properties on Gorge Road in Paradise, north-east Adelaide.
The car left the road and jumped over a well-maintained garden bed before crashing into a front room, breaking open a wall and sending roof tiles flying in a shower of dust, stones and debris.
The gray Mazda BT50 (pictured) left the road and jumped over a well-maintained garden bed
A woman dressed in black with a white motif on her top got out of the vehicle, jumped over fallen debris and ran away.
She was seen hopping back to the car and appearing to get something out of the taxi before speaking to shocked onlookers.
South Australia Police said the female driver never had a driver’s license.
Pavan, 33, a field engineer who lives in the home where the ute made a career, told WebMD The advertiser he heard a “huge noise.”
His wife Teja, 31, said things could have turned out much worse for her daughters Akshaya, 9, and Amulya, 5.
“They went into the front room and they were about to come, and then pop,” she said.
Pavan said he will sort things out with his insurance company and find another place to stay to take the shocking impact to his home step by step.
The ute whose front end was in a crumpled mess was dragged from the scene while SES crews secured the damage on Saturday.
SA police said the motorist was ‘lucky to escape serious injury’ after her ute crashed into the two houses.
before crashing into an antechamber, breaking open a wall and sending roof tiles flying in a shower of dust, stones and debris.
A woman dressed in black got out of the vehicle and was jumped back to the car (pictured)
A resident of the address Teja, 31, said things could have turned out much worse for her daughters Akshaya, 9, and Amulya, 5 (pictured, the car running to the front room of her house)
“The driver, a 27-year-old Gilles Plains woman, has been taken by ambulance to the Royal Adelaide Hospital for treatment of minor injuries,” police said.
“Fortunately, no one in the building was injured.”
Paul, who resides in the other property affected by the accident, said that ‘the road needs to become safer’.
Neighbor Vince Colasante, who was at the shops at the time of the “waiting to happen” accident, said this part of the street is “a problematic corner.”
“It’s had several incidents over the years,” he said. ‘Something has to happen. They have to put up barriers,” he said.