He almost hit a person sitting in the house, cops said.
HACKETTSTOWN -- A 17-year-old driver who allegedly was trying to avoid hitting a deer ended up crashing into a house nearly hitting a person sitting inside, police said.
Local police responded to the scene of the car that crashed into a Lawrence Drive house on Friday at about 9:34 p.m., according to a Hackettstown Police Department Facebook post.
Police determined that the 17-year-old male driver of the 2014 BMW was trying to avoid deer, the authorities said.
The teen, who was from Hackettstown, was traveling west on Lawrence Drive when "he observed two deer crossing the roadway," and crashed into a home nearby, police said.
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"When the car crashed into the house, it launched a computer and it nearly missed a male resident who was sitting in the room," police said.
The Hunterdon County Technical Rescue Task Force responded to shore the structure, police said, and the house was determined to be "uninhabitable." No injuries were reported but the residents have been displaced, police said.
The incident is under investigation, they said.
The police department said more information would be available Monday. NJ Advance Media attempts to reach the department for follow-up inquiries on Saturday were unsuccessful.
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