One local police responder termed the situation, “the miracle on Cherry Street.”

At about 9:22 am on Friday, June 21, a Toyota Camry sedan being driven northward on Cherry Street by a local 17-year-old boy, went out of control, traveled to the left, crossed a front lawn and then drove through a wall in the lower level of a raised-ranch house at 9 Cherry Street — where a child daycare operation was in session.

While there were at least two minor injuries to the operator and an adult inside the home, no serious injuries apparently resulted.

The front half of the vehicle broke through a wall and partially entered a finished basement in the house, where the daycare center is located, according to police spokesman Lieutenant Aaron Bahamonde. Two of the three daycare children who were in the house at that time were near the sedan’s point of impact, Lt Bahamonde said.

Police said the vehicle’s operator may have experienced a medical issue, resulting in the accident. Police did not identify the youth, saying the incident is under investigation.

The driver and an unidentified woman who provides daycare at the house were transported by ambulance to Danbury Hospital to be checked for injuries, police said. The parents of the three children, who are ages 3, 6, and 9, brought their children to their pediatricians to be checked, police added.

Lt Bahamonde remarked that it was very fortunate that the people in the house were not injured seriously when considering the force with which the automobile broke through the wall of the building.

The driver received an apparent minor injury in the incident, and the daycare provider apparently got some foreign matter in her eyes, police said.

The impact of the crash caused a water pipe within the house to rupture. A town building inspector went to the scene to check on the extent of the damage.

An emergency repair firm also responded to make temporary repairs and shore up the structure. The house is located on the northern corner of Cherry Street and Cherry Heights Terrace. The structure, which was built in 1971, is owned by a firm known as Spooner LLC.

Besides town police,  Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company, Newtown Hook & Ladder Volunteer Fire Company, Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps, and a regional paramedic were dispatched on the call. The section of Cherry Street near the house was temporarily closed to through-traffic while emergency crews completed their work.

A Newtown police officer who was the first responder to reach the scene reported that the driver appeared to be unconscious inside the vehicle. Sandy Hook Deputy Fire Chief Anthony Capozziello said that firefighters and a paramedic quickly extricated the driver from the auto through a back door of the sedan.

About 15 firefighters responded to the house, performing their duties well, said Deputy Chief Capozziello. Considering the dynamics of what had occurred, it was fortunate that those involved in the incident received only minor injuries, he added.