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Teens crash car through roof of sleeping couple’s bedroom

Crews work to remove a car from the roof of a home in Eureka, Missouri, on May 23, 2021. Eureka Fire Protection District via Storyful

A Missouri couple now has a parking spot/skylight connected to their master bedroom, after a car somehow crashed through their roof early Sunday.

No one was injured in the fluke car-on-house collision, which happened around 2 a.m. while the couple was sleeping in Eureka, Mo., the St. Louis Post Dispatch reports.

Fire officials say two teenagers were travelling down a nearby highway in a Chevrolet Malibu just before the crash occurred.

The car swerved off Legends Parkway, smashed into a tree, rolled end-over-end down an embankment, crashed through a wrought iron fence, “saucered” through the air and then plowed into the roof of the house below.

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The car smashed through the roof of the master bedroom and stopped with its nose buried in a bathroom on the first floor. The homeowners were sleeping about 10 feet from where the car came in, officials said.

Crews work to remove a car from the roof of a home in Eureka, Missouri, on May 23, 2021.
Crews work to remove a car from the roof of a home in Eureka, Missouri, on May 23, 2021. Eureka Fire Protection District via Storyful

“If you look at that crash it’s like, how did somebody not die?” said Scott Barthelmass, a spokesperson for the local fire department. “It’s literally incredible.”

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The teens in the car were able to get themselves out without injuries.

The homeowner woke up and used a hose to put out a small fire caused by the unexpected visitors.

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It was not immediately clear why the car lost control and no charges were announced.

“They were truly lucky,” Deputy Fire Chief William Stamberger told Fox 2 Now. “There could have been the potential for a great amount of disaster.”

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