The driver lost control on a curve at East June Street and North Wellwood Avenue in North Lindenhurst around 11:40 p.m.
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"All of a sudden I heard a big bang, not screeching tires or anything, I just heard a really loud bang," neighbor Robert Larschan said. "He was yelling for help, you know, 'Help me, help me.' I said, 'I'm on the phone with the EMS team.'"
The driver crashed through the front yard fence and then the backyard fence of the same house.
"I'm listening, a big noise, maybe explosion, I don't know," homeowner Ted Polak said.
The SUV finally smashed through an above-ground pool before coming to rest in the backyard.
"When I first came outside, it was completely silent," neighbor Nicole Larschan said "After I saw the car with the flashers on in the back, and I was like, I hope everything is OK."
The driver was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip with minor injuries.
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No charges have been filed, and there is no suspected criminality.
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