RESCUE and emergency services have been kept busy over the weekend with several incidents of vehicles careening off the road and into homes.
Police were called to a driverless truck crash at Eipper Street Willow Tree on Sunday that destroyed part of a house.
The truck reportedly rolled from a nearby mechanics before hitting power poles and the house.
In a second incident on Sunday a two-car crash resulted in one of the vehicles losing control, mounting the kerb and hitting a nearby home.
Police, NSW Fire and Rescue, paramedics and Port Stephens SES responded and secured the area. The driver of the vehicle required medical assistance and was treated at the scene.
Police are now investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash.
It follows an incident in Raymond Terrace on Friday night where a silver Nissan Maxima sedan left the road and crashed through a brick front fence, before hitting a house on Alma Street about 8.45pm.
It is alleged the driver and front seat passenger of the vehicle ran from the scene prior to police arriving. A police investigation is now under way.
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