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Car slams into Charlotte home: 'It sounded like a sonic boom'

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Police are looking for an out-of-control driver who slammed into a family's home overnight in northwest Charlotte.

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The crash happened just after 11 p.m. Thursday on Mountain Quail Drive, off Oakdale Road, when a Mazda went almost completely inside the house.

Neighbors told Channel 9 they heard a loud boom and rushed to make sure everyone was OK.

"It sounded like a big boom,” said Levar Alustn. “It sounded like thunder, like a boom. Nobody knew what happened, we just all ran out to make sure everybody was OK."

Another neighbor said the room that was hit is where three children sleep, but fortunately they weren't home at the time.

"God, you know he took them out of that situation because He wasn't ready for them yet. Three little angels, no, He wasn't ready for them to come home yet," said DeDe Craig.

There was a man inside the house at the time of the collision, but he was on the other side of the home and was not hurt.

The home was so badly damaged that the family cannot stay there.

Neighbors said the driver ran off and officers are still looking for him.

"It sounded like a sonic boom, and we all ran out of the house and then we seen the guy running down the road," Craig said.

No suspect description has been released.