Overview
- The crash occurred around 12:01 a.m. Friday after a Tesla left the northbound 5 Freeway at the Branford Street exit in Pacoima.
- The car came to rest inside the home's living room, where a man had been sleeping on a couch.
- Investigators said the driver failed to stop at a light, went airborne, knocked down a fence, and then struck the house.
- Los Angeles Fire Department urban search-and-rescue crews responded, and the heavily damaged house was yellow‑tagged with one wall boarded up.
- The Tesla was removed and towed early Friday as an investigation into the crash sequence continues.