Vehicle crashes into house after brakes give out in Millvale

MILLVALE. Pa. — A house in Millvale was damaged after a vehicle crashed into it.

The driver came down Stanton Avenue in Millvale, blew through a stop sign, hit a turning vehicle, then a parked car, and into a home destroying the porch and so much more.

“I thought it was a tractor-trailer, it was a real loud boom,” said homeowner, John Rorison. “They run stop signs here all the time,” he added.

When Channel 11 arrived, he showed us the damage.

“[They] took out the railing, whole corner of the house, the door is wedged, so I can’t use the front door,” he shared.

Rorison told Channel 11 he was sitting on his back porch just before 1 pm when he heard the bang, unable to get through the front door, he ran to the front only to find his car was total and his home badly damaged.

“My awning is coming down, some of the roof is falling apart, and my car was only four years old and only had 20,000 miles on it now the whole front thing is shot,” Rorison said.

Officers on the scene told Rorison that the driver claims her brakes went out, and she flew through the stop sign, hitting a turning car, and then crashed into his car and home.

“It’s not structurally damaged probably because it’s a row home it had nowhere to go,” he said.

But repairs will need to be made, and Rorison fears he may be left with the bill.

“She only has liability so that’s not a good sign. I don’t know who is going to pay for this, I may end up having to pay a deductible out of this too,” Rorison said.

Fortunately, Rorison told us his son was upstairs and his elderly mother who he helps care for wasn’t home

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