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NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. — This wasn’t very neighborly.
A Florida woman hit the gas pedal instead of the brakes on Saturday morning, driving her truck into a neighbor’s home across the street, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The 65-year-old motorist was parked in the driveway of her New Port Richey home at about 9:30 a.m. EDT when she put her 2004 Chevrolet Avalanche into reverse, WTVT reported.
A New Port Richey homeowner has quite a mess to clean up after a neighbor drove a pickup truck into their residence Saturday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. https://t.co/gz0tvVSyzM
— FOX 13 Tampa Bay (@FOX13News) May 1, 2022
Instead of tapping the brakes, the woman pressed down on the gas pedal, the television station reported. Her vehicle accelerated, traveled across the street and crashed into her neighbor’s home, WTSP-TV reported.
Photographs taken by the Florida Highway Patrol showed the vehicle completely inside the home, creating a large hole in the front of the structure, WFLA-TV reported.
Nobody was inside the home -- other than the embarrassed motorist inside her vehicle. She was not injured, according to WTSP.
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