“It was a miracle that nothing happened to them because the baby was there on the crib, like two, three, four minutes prior to [the crash],” said Caesar Fuerte
NEED TO KNOW
- A mom and baby are safe after an SUV crashed into the nursery of their home in Portland, Ore.
- A preliminary investigation found that the driver had attempted an illegal pass on the road before losing control of their vehicle and going down an embankment
- The crash caused significant damage to a baby’s nursery, but the child had been removed minutes before impact
A mother and baby in Oregon narrowly escaped injury after a car crashed into the nursery of their home.
The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) in Portland said in a press release that they received a report of a crash at the 5800-block of Southeast Jenne Road around 12:15 p.m. local time on Monday, May 11. After officers and members of the Gresham Fire Department arrived at the scene, they found a black SUV had crashed into the side of a home, “causing significant damage” to the property where the baby’s nursery was located.
According to MCSO’s preliminary investigation, a 47-year-old woman was “driving southbound” in the SUV and “tried to pass a truck towing a trailer in a no-passing zone.” However, when she moved into a northbound lane, she saw an oncoming vehicle and tried to merge back but ended up sideswiping the truck and trailer, before losing control and traveling down the embankment, deputies said.
As a result, “the SUV crashed into a home, specifically impacting a baby’s nursery. Fortunately, the mother had removed the child from the room just minutes before the collision,” the MCSO said, per the release…