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'Airborne' car slams into home near Pembroke, injuring man
A 78-year-old man was injured in his home near Pembroke, Ont., Tuesday night when a stolen car "became airborne" and slammed into his house, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said.
OPP responded to the incident on Drive-In Road in Laurentian Valley Township shortly after 11 p.m., they said in a news release Wednesday.
Police said the vehicle "had left the roadway, became airborne and struck a house," injuring the resident. The car, which had earlier been reported stolen, "was still running and partially embedded in the side of the house."
The driver and a passenger fled on foot, and despite an "intensive search" by additional officers and the police canine unit could not be located, OPP said.
Renfrew County Paramedics transported the home's occupant to hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Upper Ottawa Valley OPP at 1-888-310-1122, or report anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online.
