Driver in hospital after car crashes into Little Mountain home

A Sunshine Coast retiree was in his lounge room moments before a car came smashing through his fence and into his newly renovated home, causing extensive damage.

If a car had crashed into Bruce Politch’s Little Mountain home 30 minutes earlier, he would be dead.

The Bellevue Dr resident, who has Parkinson’s disease and trouble sleeping, was resting on a couch in his living room just before a car crashed into it.

“If it had been half an hour earlier I would have been gone,” he said.

The 65-year-old had gone to bed when a 23-year-old man hit a light pole and then crashed through a fence and into the house about 1am Friday.

Mr Politch heard the crash and at first thought someone had thrown a brick through his window when he found debris in the kitchen.

Little Mountain resident Bruce Politch had been sleeping on his couch just half and hour before a car smashed into his house. Picture: Letea Cavander

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Then he saw the car in his living room.

Emergency services were called to the incident shortly before 1am with the driver taken to Sunshine Coast University Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

A Queensland Police spokeswoman said the car crashed into a light pole and then continued through a fence and into the home.

A driver was taken to hospital after he crashed into a Little Mountain home on Friday morning. Picture: Letea Cavander

She said the light pole also fell onto the house.

A Queensland Fire and Emergency Services spokesman said the home’s front wall and front corner was damaged and two fire crews were called to the scene, along with Energex and the Queensland Ambulance Service.

He said the car was removed about 2.50am.

A driver was taken to hospital after he crashed into a Little Mountain home on Friday morning. Picture: Letea Cavander

Mr Politch has lived in the home for five months and had just finished renovating it.

The living room is extensively damaged and one outer wall was demolished from the force of the crash.

“He just missed my new boat,” Mr Politch said.

“I hope my fridge is all right, I’ll need a cold beer this afternoon.

“I hope the driver is okay too.”

Little Mountain resident Bruce Politch had been sleeping on his couch just half and hour before a car smashed into his house. Picture: Letea Cavander

Mr Politch acknowledged emergency services and their assistance.

Mr Politch’s sister Coralie Duke said the living room was uninhabitable and the insurers were coming to assess the damage.

“They need a road calming device like a speed bump or something to slow people down,” she said.