A quiet Everett neighborhood turned into a disaster scene when a speeding sedan rolled over and plowed into several homes, leaving at least 10 people suddenly without a place to sleep. The violent crash ripped through walls, knocked out power, and scattered debris across front yards, but remarkably, no one inside the damaged houses was reported injured.
Instead, the most seriously affected were the families forced out into the cold and the driver who was thrown from the car as it flipped. The collision has renewed questions about residential speeding and whether basic traffic calming is enough to protect people inside their own living rooms.
The violent rollover that shattered a residential block
Witnesses on Glendale Street described a white sedan racing down the residential stretch shortly before it lost control and began to roll. Video from the scene shows what one neighbor called “this white sedan speeding down Glendale Street the vehicle hits a speed bump goes out of control,” a sequence that ended with the car slamming into multiple houses and coming to rest on its roof along the curb. The crash unfolded in Everett on a Sunday morning, a time when many residents were still at home and might reasonably expect their street to be one of the safest places in the city.
Investigators said the driver was ejected from the vehicle during the rollover, a detail that underscores how much force was involved in the impact. According to Everett police, a driver was thrown from the car yet survived and was later cited, with officers noting there was no evidence the person was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The crash carved a path of destruction through the front of at least one home and damaged others along the block, leaving siding shredded, windows blown out, and structural framing exposed.
Ten displaced, power cut, and homes deemed unsafe
In the hours after the crash, Everett building inspectors moved quickly to assess whether the damaged structures were still safe to occupy. Their verdict was grim. The impact left serious structural damage that forced Residents to find temporary lodging while repairs and further evaluations could be arranged. At least 10 people were displaced, suddenly dependent on relatives, hotels, or emergency assistance despite having done nothing more risky than staying home on a weekend morning.
The crash did not just tear into wood and brick. When the sedan struck an exterior utility meter, the force of the collision knocked out electricity to part of the neighborhood. The hit on the meter took out power and complicated the response, as utility crews had to secure live lines while firefighters and inspectors worked around them. For the families whose homes were suddenly dark, cold, and structurally compromised, the outage added another layer of stress to an already chaotic day.
Speed, accountability, and a neighborhood on edge
Authorities have been clear that they view the crash as the result of reckless driving rather than a freak mechanical failure. Reporting from Everett describes how driver’s reckless behavior displaced at least 10 Everett residents after the speeding car lost control. The driver, who survived being ejected, was cited and, according to police, was not believed to be impaired, which places the focus squarely on speed and decision making behind the wheel rather than intoxication.
Neighbors say the warning signs were there long before the crash. Glendale Street the has long functioned as a cut‑through for drivers looking to shave a minute or two off their trips, and residents have complained about fast traffic on a block lined with triple‑deckers and small yards. A detailed account noted that the car was traveling at high speed down Glendale Street before it hit a speed bump and went out of control, a sequence captured in a video clip that has circulated widely among locals. For many, the footage confirms what they have been saying for years: that posted limits and a few bumps are not enough to slow the most aggressive drivers.
How a single crash exposes broader street safety gaps
Although no one inside the homes was physically hurt, the scale of the damage has drawn attention from traffic safety advocates who argue that Everett’s residential streets are still designed too much around vehicle speed and too little around human vulnerability. Earlier this year, coverage of the Glendale Street crash highlighted how a speeding car hit multiple homes in Everett on Sun morning, with Travis Andersen Globe reporting that the driver was thrown from the vehicle and that at least 10 people were displaced. The fact that such a dramatic crash produced no fatalities is being treated as a stroke of luck rather than evidence that the system is working.
Advocates point to the way the car vaulted after hitting a speed bump as a sign that piecemeal measures can sometimes backfire when drivers refuse to slow down. They argue for a more comprehensive approach that could include narrower travel lanes, raised intersections, and automated enforcement to deter the kind of high‑speed behavior that turned a quiet Sunday into a disaster. In Everett and across Massachusetts, the Glendale Street crash is now cited as a vivid example of how quickly a single reckless decision can wreck multiple homes, cut power to a neighborhood, and leave families scrambling for shelter in the span of a few terrifying seconds.
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