Alcohol plays a factor in car crashing into a house

Residents of a home on Hillside Drive in Wilmington got a surprise Sunday morning when a car crashed into their house.

Police told us the accident happened around 9:30 a.m. when a 17-year-old girl lost consciousness behind the wheel.

Someone who lives in the house said he is a friend of the girl. He said she hit a mailbox, then went over the curb and smacked into his house. No one was seriously injured.

Highway Patrol said alcohol played a factor in the accident. The girl is charged with driving while impaired.