Six Hurt When Car Leaves Roadway, Strikes Mobile Home on Barker Drive

A stretch of Barker Drive West in Mobile turned into an emergency scene on a recent Friday afternoon after a car left the roadway and slammed into a nearby house, leaving six people injured and prompting a large response from Mobile Fire-Rescue Department crews.

According to fire officials, the call came in just after 1 p.m. reporting that a vehicle had struck a residence in the area between Barker Drive South and Tanner Street, a quiet residential corridor on the western side of the city. What began as a report of a pedestrian being struck quickly escalated as crews arrived and found the more serious situation of a car having crashed directly into a home.

Mobile Fire-Rescue dispatched a substantial contingent of personnel and equipment to the scene, including two fire engines, three rescue units, a private ambulance service and a district chief to oversee the response.

Medical personnel ultimately transported six people to area hospitals for treatment. The specific conditions of those injured were not released at the time.

Mobile Fire-Rescue Department did not immediately detail whether structural damage to the home required further inspection or whether any residents inside the house were hurt in addition to those in or near the vehicle. As with many rapidly evolving emergency calls, full details of what caused the vehicle to leave the roadway were not confirmed in the hours immediately following the crash.