Police: Car Crashes into House

Police said a local woman was injured Wednesday after her car crashed into a home on Sherman Avenue.

Fayetteville Sgt. Craig Stout said 22-year-old Kami Ralston was taken to the Washington Regional Medical Center, where’s she was treated for non-life-threatening injuries Wednesday afternoon. Stout said the woman complained of neck pain.

“We’re still waiting on the X-rays,” he said.

Police said a 2006 gray four-door BMW lost control on Sherman Avenue, crashed through a fence and struck a house.

No one was home when the collision occurred.

A witness reported that a man, later identified as 23-year-old Justin Allen, of Fayetteville, was driving the car.

Allen told police Ralston passed out while driving. He said he grabbed the wheel after she swerved to avoid a collision. He reportedly steered the car through a fence and into a house, located at 1010 Sherman Ave. Allen said he smelled smoke and ran to a friend’s house near Fairlane Street and Curtis Avenue, Stout said.

Ralston told police she didn’t remember what happened, but said Allen may have tried to assault her.

“At this point, we don’t know 100 percent who was driving,” Stout said. “This may take a while to sort out.”

No charges have been filed in connection with the collision.

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