SOUTH UNION TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Police are investigating a crash that left the driver dead after her car clipped the porch of one house and slammed into the side of another in South Union Township.
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Police said the car crashed through a fence about 1:30 a.m. Thursday on East Main Street. It then took out one of the pillars of a home’s front porch before slamming into the side of the neighboring home.
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“We were sleeping about 1:30 a.m., heard a noise and I jumped out of bed and screamed at my husband: ‘Somebody hit the house again,’” a woman named Pam, whose property was damaged, said.
The driver, 31-year-old Tiffany Minerd, was thrown from the car and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to investigators.
Neighbors heard a loud boom from the crash, which left debris scattered across the yards of both homes. The car just missed hitting a gas meter.
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“Oh my gosh, I have never seen this much devastation from a car accident,” Frank Mattis, a neighbor, said.
Pennsylvania State Police say Minerd lost control of the vehicle at the time of the crash.
"You could meet her one time and it was an impression for life. A smile that could light up the darkest room. She was so loving and vibrant and caring," Tiffany Jeffries, Minerd's spouse of 6 years, said.
A GoFundMe has been set up to help Minerd's 10-year-old daughter and cover the funeral expenses.
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