A Pembroke resident woke to what he thought was the "sound of thunder", but was actually a car crashing into his home yesterday morning.

Santhanam Vaithilingam was fast asleep at 4.20 a.m. when a car hit the lower floor of the two-storey building he lives in on St. John's Road.

Fortunately no one in the house was injured. The vehicle crashed into a supply room containing a water heater.

Said Mr. Vaithilingam: "It was like the sound of thunder. We thought it was a lightning storm. When we went downstairs we saw a man walking around with injuries and a woman asking us for help."

Mr. Vaithilingham said that he called 911, and minutes later an ambulance, a firetruck and three Police cars were outside the home.

A later survey found the wall struck by the car was severely damaged, while the wooden door to the supply room was almost completely destroyed.

Despite the damage to the home, Mr. Vaithilingham said he is just happy that nobody was seriously injured.

"Fortunately, they were OK," he said. According to a Police spokesman, a 21-year-old Pembroke woman was driving when she lost control of the vehicle near Gorham's Ltd.

"It appears a car travelling along St. John's Road lost control and collided with a house in the area," the spokesperson said.

"The driver sustained injuries to her head and chest while her front seat passenger, a 24-year-old Hamilton parish man, sustained a laceration to his left arm.

"Both attended King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for treatment. Apparently both the car and the home were extensively damaged."