BERNARDSVILLE – A teen driver using a learner’s permit ran off Essex Avenue and into a house on Tuesday morning, Feb. 9, but no injuries were reported.

Police said a borough female, who was not identified because she was under age 18, was heading east on Essex Avenue in a 2002 Kia Sedona, with her mother supervising her from the passenger seat, when the crash occurred at about 7:39 a.m.

The teen mistakenly applied the accelerator instead of the brakes, police said, leading the car to leave the roadway to the right, across the driveway of 26 Essex Ave., first striking a tree and then hitting the house.

The crash caused “significant damage” to the dwelling’s foundation and tore off the electrical service box, according to police.

The vehicle was towed away by Defalcos Towing Company of Chatham.

Originally posted in The Bernardsville News