Warburton Highway crash: Alleged drunk driver charged after crashing into home in Seville

A family has narrowly escaped serious injury after a woman who was allegedly three times the legal alcohol limit ploughed into their home, causing extensive damage.

A couple and their eight-month-old baby had gone to bed when they were woken by the sound of a car crashing into their Seville home, east of Melbourne, on Sunday night.

The female driver had allegedly lost control of her car on the Warburton Highway before crashing into the home.

The car went through the front wall and the loungeroom before crashing into another car in the garage and eventually coming to a stop in the backyard, leaving behind a trail of destruction.

This is the scene moments after an alleged drunk driver crashed through a home and ended up in the backyard with the occupants and neighbours telling the woman to stay inside the car

Footage from moments after the crash showed the female driver pinned behind the wheel, with the occupants of the home telling her to stay in the car until emergency services arrived.

Fortunately, no one was injured. 

The crash caused extensive damage inside the home with the family forced to stay with friends for the night.

It’s unknown when they’ll be able to return home. 

Shocked neighbours rushed to the scene after hearing the commotion.

The crash caused extensive damage to the Seville family’s lounge room (pictured)

‘I was in bed watching TV about to go to sleep and then, an almighty noise,’ neighbour Jack Werner told the Today Show.

‘Just enough to make you levitate out of bed. An almighty crunch, sounded like a whole bloody forest was coming down. It was unreal.’

A female driver, 45, from Clayton allegedly returned a positive breath test of 0.154.

Her licence has been suspended and is expected to be charged with drink driving.

A couple and their eight-month-old baby were asleep at the time when they were woken by a car ploughing into their home (pictured)