Orlando driver's lane error leads to 4-car pileup in home's driveway, troopers say

Truck crashes into parked cars, utility pole

A truck driver ran off the road and crashed into 3 other cars parked in front of homes near Edgewater Drive in Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. - A driver who veered off the street in Orlando caused a chain reaction crash involving three other vehicles in a home's front yard on Friday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The crash happened off Edgewater Drive (State Road 424) near Andrus Avenue in Orlando just after 5:30 a.m.

A 24-year-old man from Orlando was headed west on Edgewater Drive in a Ram 1500 pickup truck east of Andrus Avenue when he failed to maintain the lane, causing him to run off the road into the shoulder, according to troopers. That caused a chain reaction involving three other cars that were parked along Edgewater Drive.

One of the cars collided with a utility pole.

"I thought it was a pile up a bunch of cars hit each other but found out it was one truck that rammed all these cars into my yard," said resident Brett Hall.

FOX 35 footage from the scene showed cars piled up and flipped over in the driveway and front yard of the home. Duke Energy crews were also on scene, working to repair the utility pole.

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Hall’s car was parked in front of his home and ended up totaled. His two neighbors also had their cars totaled, but they’re all just feeling lucky to be alive because the crash was so close to their homes.

"Very lucky to be walking away from that," said Bryan Pederson whose wife and sister’s cars were totaled. "Cars are just materials so those can be replaced, lives cannot," he continued.

The 24-year-old driver was not transported and remained on the scene, but troopers said a family member eventually took him to the hospital. The extent of his injuries is unknown at this time.

Edgewater Drive is blocked off near the crash site on Friday morning.

The crash remains under investigation.