Someone crashed a stolen car into an elderly woman’s house while fleeing the scene of an armed robbery in northeast D.C. Wednesday morning.
Two people reportedly robbed a construction worker on Lawrence Street a couple of blocks away from the crash about 10:30 a.m. They fled in a car that was stolen earlier Wednesday.
After striking a fire hydrant, the car crashed in to a home in the 2600 block of 24th Street NE.
The 88-year-old woman who lives in the home was scared by the incident and flushed afterward but not injured. No injuries were reported.
The woman tried to chase a man fleeing from the scene but couldn’t because of recent knee surgery. Neighbors also pursued the man but didn’t catch him.
Although two people were placed at the scene of the robbery, only one was seen fleeing the scene of the crash.
Structural engineers will inspect the house. There’s concern it may be condemned. The woman said doors in the back of the house are not closing the way they normally do.
Utilities to the home were turned off, as was the water to the hydrant.
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