Car Crashes into Tarentum House on Thursday Evening

 


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A car slammed into the corner of a house in the 300 block of East 10th Avenue in Tarenturn on Thursday evening. Someone drove the driver to an unknown medical facility to get examined. The homeowner, who was in the backyard shortly after 6 p.m., said her house's foundation sustained damage, but no one was in the house at the time of impact. Police on the scene declined to comment as the investigation was underway. 

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