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Pickup truck in backyard pool

This New Jersey family has had enough. After three different vehicles crashed into their yard, they have started an effort to call attention to the need for a guardrail. Some of the best evidence is this photo showing what a pickup truck did to their pool five years ago. NBC10 has more. And our list of cars in pools just keeps growing.

1997 Ford in Florida pool

Another car in another backyard pool. Does this happen more often in Florida, or does it just seem that way? The Miami Herald has a photo.

update Click for a photo of the car being removed.

A Sun-Sentinel report captures the moment:

Jennette Baksh, 21, of Cooper City, was not injured in the 9:40 a.m. crash that started in the northbound lanes of Nob Hill Road, said Lt. Bill Bamford, police spokesman.

Baksh told police she hit a bump in the road and lost control of her red 1997 Ford Aspire. The car went off the road, through a fence, then plunged into the pool at 1511 West Oak Knoll Circle.

No one was home, but Baksh was able to disentangle herself from the car and escape, then call for help.

Car tilting into Florida pool

Channel 8 in Tampa has this report: "CLEARWATER - Clearwater Police are investigating an accident where a car ended up in a backyard pool.

According to a news release, the car veered off Druid Road at 1:30 p.m. today, crashed through two backyards and ended up in the pool at 2166 Campus Drive.

Investigators closed the eastbound lane of Druid Road west of Belcher Road and east of Hercules Avenue to traffic."

WTSB adds this:

"The driver of the car is being treated at the scene by Clearwater Fire Department paramedics. Officers have called for a medical helicopter. At this time, it appears no one else was injured.

The investigation is ongoing."

Toyota in backyard pool

The Houston Chronicle has this report (with photo):

The west Houston woman arrived home to find a 1995 Toyota Avalon on the bottom of the deep end of her swimming pool. It had sped in so fast that the yard was mostly unscathed save for some patio furniture underneath the vehicle.

The neighbor's son was outside in the yard next door when "the water kind of projectiled over the fence," she said, after a tow truck removed the car from the pool Sunday afternoon.

"The force of it made a wave," she said.

SUV found in PA pool

From The Patriot-News police roundup:

CUMBERLAND COUNTY

UPPER ALLEN TWP.

SUV found in pool

"A family found an interesting item in their backyard pool yesterday. Police said that about 10 a.m., a resident of the 2600 block of Allen Glen Drive discovered a sport utility vehicle in the swimming pool. The pool had been installed recently and was not filled with water. Police said the SUV was reported stolen out of Mechanicsburg yesterday morning."

Pool, car, crane

This from Australia: “Residents at a home in Brisbane ‘s west had a Christmas gathering interrupted last night when the driver of a car lost control of his vehicle and crashed into their backyard swimming pool.” The Courier Mail report adds that a crane lifted the car out of the pool, and the article concludes with what is almost an obligatory line: “Police are investigating whether the driver may have been affected by alcohol at the time of the incident.”

Removing car from pool

Youtube has a 47-second video of the removal of a car from a backyard pool. Easier to get in than to get out.

Another clean car

It happened again. This time a Toyota ended up in a pool in Palm Springs, Calif. Still looking for photos that show how to remove a car from a backyard pool.

Clean car

There are easier ways to clean your car. And there are better pool toys, too.