Suspected Long Beach DUI crash leaves 2 hospitalized, home nearly destroyed

A suspected DUI driver was arrested, two women were hospitalized and several residents were apparently displaced after a crash that left a Long Beach home badly damaged and uninhabitable.

Police and firefighters responded to reports of the crash at a home near East Bort Street and Long Beach Boulevard just before 2 p.m., according to photojournalists with the video news-gathering service O.C. Hawk.

Details were limited, and the circumstances leading up to the crash remained unclear. Preliminary information suggests the driver lost control of the vehicle and drove through a fence into the home, causing significant damage.

Footage from the scene showed a white Infiniti SUV at least halfway inside the residence, with part of a wall completely destroyed. Sections of a fence were also scattered from the impact…

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