A Massachusetts driver who crashed into the ancestral cottage of Abraham Lincoln claims she swerved to avoid a squirrel.
The woman, 19, was driving her 2014 Audi Q7 east on North Street in Hingham around 6:35 a.m. on July 15 when she drove off the road and into the 17th century home, the Hingham Police Department said in a press release.
'The driver said she swerved to avoid a squirrel in the road and drove off the right side of the road, over the sidewalk, and into the front of the house,' cops said.
Cops said the driver, who was not identified, was sitting on the sidewalk when they arrived.
The driver and the residents inside the home were not injured. The teen was ticketed for failing to stay within marked lanes.
A Massachusetts driver who crashed into the ancestral home of Abraham Lincoln claims she swerved to avoid a squirrel
The woman, 19, was driving her 2014 Audi Q7 east on North Street in Hingham around 6:35 a.m. on July 15 when she drove off the road and into the home
Cops said the driver, who was sitting on the sidewalk when they arrived, and the residents inside the home were not injured
The vehicle was later towed from the home after it smashed halfway into the historic cottage
Will Keefer, 9, told WHDH that he woke up when he 'heard a loud boom' from the car smashing into the home.
'I looked out the window and there was a car stuck halfway through the house,' he said. I got my parents to call 911. It was pretty crazy.'
Photos posted to social media by the police department showed the front of the vehicle destroyed on the bed of a tow truck after it had smashed
