Car crashes into 2 Daniel Ct Ooralea, bricks smashed

The owner was at home when a car lost control and smashed into the side. SEE THE AFTERMATH

The driver of a car has lost control and crashed into a Mackay home, smashing a hole in the side.

Owner Anthony Tindale was at the home at 2 Daniel Ct Ooralea when the incident occurred.

He said he heard a “big clap of thunder” when the car hit the house.

“They (the occupants of the vehicle) just lost control as far as I know,” he said.

“They were all sitting in the car when I came.”

A car crashed into a house at 2 Daniel Ct Ooralea on the morning of October 3, 2022. Picture: Duncan Evans

Mr Tindale was at the front of the house when the smash happened and did not suffer any injuries.

Emergency services raced to the scene about 11.30am.

Queensland ambulance personnel assessed three occupants of the vehicle.

A car crashed into a house at 2 Daniel Ct Ooralea on the morning of October 3, 2022. The owner of the house, Anthony Tindale, was at home at the time of the crash. Picture: Duncan Evans

A male in his teens was taken to Mackay Base Hospital in a stable condition with head injuries.

The driver of the car was a 43-year-old Ooralea man and a police spokesman said investigations into the incident were ongoing.

Mr Tindale said he was “upset” rather than shocked.

A car crashed into a house at 2 Daniel Ct Ooralea on the morning of October 3, 2022. Three occupants of the car were assessed by Queensland ambulance personnel. Picture: Duncan Evans

“I am upset more than anything,” he said.

“They can never repair it (the house) to what it was like.”

Mr Tindale said the house was insured.