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Vehicle crashes into Worcester home after driver shot, police say

Anyone with information about this incident should call the Worcester Police Department at 508-799-8651

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A vehicle crashed into a home in Worcester, Massachusetts, Tuesday night after the driver was shot, according to authorities.

Officers responded to Paine Street just after 9 p.m. for a report of a vehicle that struck a house, Worcester police said.

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When officers arrived, they found the driver, only identified as a man, suffering from a gunshot wound, police said.

The man was taken to the hospital. His condition wasn't immediately known.

It unclear if anyone was home at the time of the incident.

Anyone with information about this incident should call the Worcester Police Department at 508-799-8651.

A woman who was sleeping at the front of the house when the crash happened was counting her blessings that she wasn't hurt Wednesday.

"I heard a pop, pop and a bang, bang! I just screamed and jumped out of bed," Lorrie Carlson said.

She said she went outside and saw the driver unconscious.

Other neighbors heard the sound of gunshots and saw the driver slumped over and bloodied.

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