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Caught on camera: Car crashes into home in southeast Houston

Video from a neighbor's surveillance camera appears to show the car veer off the roadway before flipping and plowing into a home.

HOUSTON — A dramatic car crash was caught on camera in southeast Houston Sunday morning.

This happened just before 9:30 a.m. on Palmsprings Drive, which is in a neighborhood east of the Gulf Freeway near Fuqua Street.

Video from a neighbor's surveillance camera appears to show the car veer off the roadway before flipping and plowing into a home. While the Houston Police Department wouldn't comment on the crash, neighbors told KHOU 11 that speeding is an issue in the area.

The homeowner, Eloisa Cavanaugh, said she had just finished breakfast and was sitting on her sofa watching TV when it happened.

"My whole house just shook and I heard glass popping everywhere and then when it finished I said 'What was that.' I thought it was a bomb at first. I thought it was and I saw the smoke coming into my house I said oh my goodness," she said.

Cavanaugh was not injured.

Tre Guerrero lives across the street. He said he's not surprised as speeding is common in his neighborhood.

"When it gets dark I can't even let the kids go outside. They're flying all day every day," he said.

Both Cavanaugh and Guerrero agree adding speed bumps would be an easy fix to help this situation.

A neighbor shared a photo with KHOU 11 that appeared to show the driver trying to use a garden hose to put out a small fire. 

Cavanaugh said it's going to take a lot to get her home back in order but thankfully, Centerpoint crews were on the scene restoring her electricity since the SUV snapped a power pole before hitting the home.

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