Alleged drunk driver smashes into Long Beach home
Police were investigating Wednesday a car crash involving an alleged drunk driver who lost control and smashed into a Long Beach home.
The incident occurred about 8:15 p.m. Tuesday in the 2600 block of East 7th Street when the car hopped a curb, barreled through a fence and slammed into a house, KTLA-TV reported.
A photo of the crash showed the vehicle resting on its two left wheels, its front end lodged awkwardly inside the residence.
A neighbor told KTLA that when the driver got out of the vehicle, empty beer cans came spilling out.
“Just empty cans…it sounded like ‘clank, clank, clank’…like a slot machine,” witness Korel Bouley told the TV station.
The driver tried to escape but was caught by police, the station reported.
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