Family Wakes Up to Car Inside Bedroom for Second Time This Year

The front tires of this car are hanging into our basement. That is what Jessie Hannington told reporters this week, and it says everything about what her family has been through.

A car smashed into her East Windsor home. Again. Same house, second time in under a year, and this one came through her mother in law’s bedroom while she was sleeping.

A Family Already on Its Knees

Jessie Hannington and her family live on a state road in East Windsor, Connecticut. Their house sits about 120 feet back from the street.

That distance was supposed to feel safe. It has not worked out that way.

Back in November, the family’s tobacco shed and garage caught fire. That alone would be enough for most people to deal with for a year. Then came the first car crash. Then, just weeks ago, came the second one.

The Bedroom Crash Nobody Saw Coming

This latest crash happened early Wednesday morning. A vehicle veered off the road and went straight through a bedroom wall.

Hannington’s mother in law was inside that room when it happened.

She was so shaky, Hannington said. I thought she was going to have a heart attack.

The driver had minor injuries. The family member inside was evaluated on scene. Nobody was killed, but that does not erase the trauma of waking up to a car in your bedroom wall.

What makes this worse is the timing. The damage from the first crash still has not been repaired. The family is still waiting on insurance money from incident number one while now dealing with incident number two.

Why This Keeps Happening to the Same House

Here is something most coverage of this story skipped over.

Houses near sharp curves, T intersections, or fast moving state roads are not just unlucky. They are statistically more likely to get hit, and they tend to get hit more than once.

CT Insider’s reporting on this incident noted something useful here.

For homeowners facing repeated roadside crashes, photos, police or fire reports, repair estimates, insurance records, and dates of prior incidents can help show the pattern when asking local officials or a transportation agency to review the location.

That detail comes straight from the original report on this case, and it is a practical step any homeowner in this situation should know about.

This is not even the first time we have covered a family stuck in this exact nightmare. A Connecticut family’s bedroom was hit by a car with seemingly no help coming their way either, and the pattern looks painfully familiar.

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The road in front of Hannington’s house is a state road, which means the fix is not as simple as calling the town. It has to go through Connecticut’s DOT, starting with the local traffic authority making a formal request.

Why This Matters

This story is not just about one unlucky family in East Windsor.

Vehicles plowing into buildings happens far more often than most people realize.

According to data compiled by the Storefront Safety Council, U.S. drivers ram their cars into buildings about 100 times every single day, and that research has found these incidents injure thousands of people every year.

Most of those crashes never make the news. They get treated as one off accidents instead of what they actually are: a pattern tied to road design and speed that funnels cars straight into nearby homes.

It happened in Baton Rouge too, where a car slammed into a home on a Sunday evening and sent two people to the hospital, a reminder this is a nationwide problem.

And in Plainfield, a Connecticut woman was charged after her SUV crashed into a home and fled with four children inside, showing how unpredictable these incidents can get.

Hannington is not asking for anything dramatic. She wants boulders or a barrier in front of her house before the next car finds its way there.

Key Takeaways

• Second crash hit the same East Windsor home in under a year
• Latest crash went through a bedroom where someone was sleeping
• Damage from the first crash still has not been repaired
• Family also dealt with a fire in November
• The road is state owned, so fixes require a DOT review
• An estimated 100 vehicle into building crashes happen nationwide every day

What do you think the town should do here. Should the state step in immediately with barriers, or should the family wait through the standard review process. Drop your thoughts in the comments.

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