Crime & Safety
Two Cars Crash into Home on Prospect Road Monday
Police believe the drivers were street racing when the accident happened.
Two men believed to have been street racing crashed their cars into a home on Prospect Road in Saratoga early this morning, a sheriff's spokesman said.
The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office received a call at 4:30 a.m. reporting a loud noise in the area of Prospect and Stelling roads, Sgt. Jose Cardoza said.
When officers arrived, they discovered that two vehicles had crashed into a home in the 20900 block of Prospect.
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A preliminary investigation determined that the cars, one described as a BMW and the other as a Toyota Corolla, were engaged in a speed contest and traveling at more than 60 mph prior to the crash, Cardoza said.
No one inside the home was injured.
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The two drivers, both 19-year-old men, were transported to hospitals with injuries that were not considered life-threatening, Cardoza said.
The drivers were believed to have been under the influence of alcohol and, upon their release from the hospital, will be booked into jail for felony DUI and reckless driving, Cardoza said.
—By Bay City News
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