The resident was among three people hurt when a vehicle left the road near Harrison Avenue NE and 16th Street NE.
SALEM, Ore. — A 63-year-old woman inside a Northeast Salem home was injured early Saturday when a car went off the road and rolled into the residence, according to police, in a crash that also injured the driver and a passenger.
Salem police said officers responded shortly before 2:30 a.m. near Harrison Avenue NE and 16th Street NE. They arrived to find a vehicle that had left the roadway and entered a home. The woman who had been inside the residence was taken to a hospital and was expected to survive.
The crash also sent the 44-year-old Salem woman who was driving the car to the hospital. Police said she was expected to survive as well. A 46-year-old man who had been riding in the vehicle suffered minor injuries.
The incident turned an early-morning traffic crash into an emergency involving an occupied residence. The initial reports did not specify where inside the home the 63-year-old woman was when the vehicle struck or describe the extent of damage to the building. Authorities also did not provide additional details about her injuries beyond saying she was hospitalized and expected to survive.
Police said investigators reported the driver’s blood-alcohol content as 0.2 after the crash. After she was medically cleared, officers booked her into the Marion County Jail on accusations of driving under the influence of intoxicants, reckless driving, reckless endangering and first-degree criminal mischief.
The charges are allegations and do not establish guilt. The reports available Tuesday did not describe what caused the vehicle to leave the road beyond the information provided by investigators about the driver’s reported blood-alcohol level. They also did not detail the vehicle’s speed or other circumstances immediately before the crash.
All three reported injuries were nonfatal. Police described the passenger’s injuries as minor, while the resident and driver required hospital treatment. No additional people were reported injured in the initial account.
The collision occurred in a residential area of Northeast Salem, where the vehicle ultimately crossed from the roadway into a home. Information about repairs to the residence, any displacement of its occupants or other consequences for the property was not included in the available reports.
Police arrested the driver after her release from medical care, while the two hospitalized women were expected to survive. Further details about the investigation and any later court action had not been included in the reports available Tuesday.
Author note: Last updated November 10, 2026.