HIGHLANDS, Texas (KTRK) -- A dump truck took out the front porch of a home in Highlands in east Harris County overnight and neighbors said it was a miracle it wasn't any worse.
It happened around 3 a.m. Thursday on South Main near Jones in The Highlands.
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The driver of the dump truck swerved to avoid a utility pole that was in the road, according to neighbors.
The dump truck slammed into the home where a 93-year-old woman was sleeping.
"She felt a bump, that's all," the woman's pastor said. "She's ok."
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The truck missed crashing into the woman's bedroom by approximately three feet, according to neighbors.
The woman was not injured. The truck driver was transported to LBJ Hospital with injuries.