Car goes over hillside, crashes into house

PITTSBURGH — A vehicle has crashed into a house in Pittsburgh's Spring Hill neighborhood.

It happened on Rhine Street.

Jessica Rost is still shaken up after nearly being hit by a car inside her own home.

"Something told me to turn around and start walking back out and as soon as i did that the car came through the kitchen," Rost said.

The car went out of control around 11:15 a.m. Friday.

The front of the car was still inside the home when our Channel 11 news crew got to Rhine Street.

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We watched as workers pulled the car out.

Police told us the car went through a fence, down a hill and over a retaining wall before slamming into the kitchen.

The driver was alert and speaking when he was taken to the hospital.

His passenger along with Rost and her daugher were not hurt.

"I'm just happy no one was hurt or seriously injured and my baby, i'm happy she was upstairs sleeping when it happened," Rost said.

Police still don't know for sure what caused the driver to lose control, but right now they believe he may have suffered a medical emergency.

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