A vehicle crashed into a two-story Arden-Arcade apartment building on Thursday, the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District said.Crews responded to the crash on Robertson Avenue near Eastern Avenue just after 4:30 p.m.Images from Sac Metro Fire show a van fully inside an apartment, crashing into an interior wall.The person who lives inside the apartment was home at the time.”I had walked in and placed my keys on my table and I went to change clothes. I’m going to eat my dinner and watch TV and then boom, boom. It was louder the second time. I can only tell you how I felt. Not really what I saw because I couldn’t see it. I thought it was a plane,” said Raymond Scott, who lives inside the apartment.Officials said the crash affected at least two apartment units.The fire district said the driver was not injured in the crash.Officials said the crash appears to be accidental.”I just don’t know what happened with such force for him to go to that living room. All the way to my second bedroom,” Scott said.The Red Cross is assisting the residents who were displaced by the crash. The county building department will also respond to the apartment building. “I have to leave my home. My clothes is all in there. I have to get what I can get. And I have to live somewhere else,” Scott said.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletterSee news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at kcra.com/upload.
A vehicle crashed into a two-story Arden-Arcade apartment building on Thursday, the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District said.
Crews responded to the crash on Robertson Avenue near Eastern Avenue just after 4:30 p.m.
Images from Sac Metro Fire show a van fully inside an apartment, crashing into an interior wall.
The person who lives inside the apartment was home at the time.
“I had walked in and placed my keys on my table and I went to change clothes. I’m going to eat my dinner and watch TV and then boom, boom. It was louder the second time. I can only tell you how I felt. Not really what I saw because I couldn’t see it. I thought it was a plane,” said Raymond Scott, who lives inside the apartment.
Officials said the crash affected at least two apartment units.
The fire district said the driver was not injured in the crash.
Officials said the crash appears to be accidental.
“I just don’t know what happened with such force for him to go to that living room. All the way to my second bedroom,” Scott said.
The Red Cross is assisting the residents who were displaced by the crash. The county building department will also respond to the apartment building.
“I have to leave my home. My clothes is all in there. I have to get what I can get. And I have to live somewhere else,” Scott said.
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