Driver Passes Out After Having Blood Drawn, Crashes Car Into Melrose Home

MELROSE (CBS) – A Melrose man is calculating the damage after a car plowed through his front door Wednesday morning.

The porch and entryway of Paul Mastronardi's East Emerson Street home were heavily damaged by a driver who said he passed out after giving blood at the hospital across the street.

"Look at it, I don't see how he got up the stairs and went in," said Mastronardi. "I figured someone hit the railing or bent my railing. Little did I know there's a car inside my house."

The driver, who apologized to Mastronardi, says he just had blood drawn at a nearby hospital when he did what seems almost impossible.

"I just passed out and I woke up in the house. I have nothing else to say because that's all I remember," said the unidentified driver, a 25-year-old Revere man.

He managed to get out uninjured as witnesses rushed to help.

"We all called 911," said neighbor Jason Rizzo. "He was shaken up but he's all right. That's all that matters nobody was hurt."

Mastronardi says some cherished antiques were hit such as a clock and a radio, but he's trying to maintain his sense of humor. Ironically he was just having his porch rebuilt and the work was nearly complete.

"What are you going to do? Everyone is all right. We will live another day," said Mastronardi.