Car Hits House, Woman Hurt

A woman was severely injured in Southeast Washington last night when she was pinned beneath a car that crashed into a house, officials said.

The crash occurred about 9:40 p.m. in the 800 block of Alabama Avenue SE, just south of St. Elizabeths Hospital.

John Sollers, a D.C. fire department battalion chief, said preliminary investigation indicated that the woman had been walking in front of the house when the car left the road, struck her and pushed her onto the porch.

"The woman was trapped between the car and the house," Sollers said. He said the car went partway into the living room.

A neighbor, Allen Foster, said "people were in shock" after the crash. He said his sister told him that it "sounded like a real loud explosion."

After being extricated, the woman was taken to a hospital in critical condition, Sollers said. The driver of the car was also taken to the hospital, primarily for observation, Sollers said.

The crash remained under investigation early today, and the cause was not immediately known.