A Dunedin resident got a "rude awakening" when an SUV hurtled down a bank and crashed into the side of his house in the early hours of this morning. Melle Steringa told the Otago Daily Times the man driving the SUV was "very lucky" to escape uninjured from the crash on the Kaikorai Valley side of Stuart St about 4.40am. The SUV went through a fence and smashed into the side of the house, ripping off spouting from the roof. An SUV hurtled into the side of a Stuart St house in the early hours this morning. A few small cracks had appeared on the side of the house, but there was no significant structural damage.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 26, 2017 00:34 UTC