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Sinking into her favorite armchair, the 62-year-old woman followed the afternoon’s episode of “Home to the farm”.
Suddenly, a silver-colored passenger car slammed through the front door and right through the brick terraced house.
– Her first thought was that a JAS plane had crashed, the woman’s husband tells Aftonbladet.
The high-profile accident occurred on Wednesday afternoon in Hovmantorp in Lessebo municipality.
The driver, a man in his 50s, drove at high speed straight into the white front door of the terraced house. The car then continued through the hall, into the living room and out through the patio door.
– The hole at the back is as big as the front, says the man who lives in the house.
His wife was sitting in the living room and was injured by the collapsed interior walls. She watched “Hem till gården”, says the husband.
– A neighbor said that she must have gained several hundred kilos.
No April Fool’s joke
The wife is still being treated in hospital for a number of broken bones. The injuries are serious but not life-threatening, and she is likely to be discharged next week.
– Then we have to find somewhere to live. This is nothing you want, says the husband.
He was at work himself when the accident occurred, and he received the shocking news.
– When the police called and told me that she had been involved in a traffic accident in our living room, I replied that today is not the first of April, says the husband.
The man is currently living at home with his daughter and has spent a lot of time in the hospital with his wife. She said that during the day JAS planes had flown over the community. Her first thought after the accident was therefore that it was a plane that crashed into the house.
Suspicion of serious drunken driving
The husband has not yet been to the house, but has seen pictures taken by his son. He has also had time to talk to the insurance company and the construction workers who have now started clearing the house.
– The car drove down some load-bearing walls, so there was a risk of a landslide.
The cause of the accident is still unclear. The man in his 50s was slightly injured in the incident and had to be taken to hospital.
The police are investigating the incident as gross negligence in traffic and causing bodily harm.
There has also been a suspicion of gross drunk driving, the police told Aftonbladet on Thursday.