Mustang crashes into roof of Chino home; driver and 3 passengers injured

CHINO, Calif. (KABC) — A black Mustang crashed onto the roof of a Chino home while the homeowners were sleeping in bed early Tuesday morning.

According to Chino police, the Mustang was traveling southbound in the 12600 block of San Antonio Avenue when it struck a curb and the concrete side of the drainage canal. The car veered off the street behind the house, flew over a canal and landed on the back of the roof.

The impact was so powerful that it toppled a wall on the second floor, leaving a gaping hole.

The homeowners were shocked, but not injured.

“It sounded like a plane drove through our house,” Andrea Kobzef said. “We woke up and there’s a car parked on the second floor of our house, and it’s just devastating.”

Kobzef said she saw four people walking out of the car and described them as young children, possibly in their 20s. She added that before the crash, a car was performing donuts on the street behind the house.

“Kids used to love donuts there… and we heard a lot about that tonight,” Kobzef said. “…I didn’t think the car would fly through our house.”

Neighbor Francisco Anaya said he and his wife heard the same thing.

“We were in bed, but we heard a car doing donuts on that cul-de-sac over there,” he said. “It stopped and… maybe five minutes later. My wife said she heard something like a takeoff, and from there you just heard a huge sound like ‘Boom!’ I was scared, I thought it looked like an earthquake.”

The driver, identified as 21-year-old Jacob Torrez of Chino, was sent to a nearby hospital with serious injuries.

Police said the vehicle had three other passengers, including a 19-year-old and two minors, all of whom were also transported to a hospital for injuries.

Research shows that alcohol may have played a role in the accident.

Anyone with information is urged to contact Officer Lind at [email protected] or 909-334-3081.