WEST BABYLON, N.Y. (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) -- It's happened again. Another driver lost control and crashed into a Long Island house on Sunday, marking at least the fifth time a vehicle has barreled onto the property while taking a curve one neighbor described as "the most dangerous" he's ever seen.
The latest crash happened around 12:30 a.m. Sunday on Great East Neck Road in West Babylon, where there's a curve in the road between Crocus Court and Fern Terrace.
A 27-year-old man was driving a Dodge SUV southbound on the road when he lost control of the vehicle, went off the road and struck a low concrete wall, Nassau County police said.
The SUV then flipped over, went airborne and landed in the front of the house, according to police and an image from the scene .
The driver and a married couple who lives in the home—a 46-year-old woman and 45-year-old man—were transported to Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip with non-life-threatening injuries.
The Babylon Town fire marshal and building inspector were called to the scene to assess damage to the home.
Drivers zip along the curve, and many have careened into homes in the area. Jerry, who lives two doors down from the home that was hit Sunday, said his house has been struck three times.
"The most dangerous curve I've ever seen," he said, describing the crash scene as a "disaster."
"I had a car come right through the tree," he said. "I had another one come right underneath this tree."
Jerry said he saw the SUV driver taken away in an ambulance after Sunday morning's crash. "Then 8 o'clock in the morning, I woke up to a three-car accident right here," he said.
The house that was struck has been hit around a half-dozen times, he said.
"This is about the fifth or sixth time that house has been hit, either the house, or they used to have a brick wall, and the wall would end up down here—that's how bad it is," he said.
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