Three people were injured this afternoon when an SUV crashed into a house in North Long Beach.
The wreck happened at about 1:50 p.m. on Bort Street just east of Long Beach Boulevard, according to Long Beach Fire Department spokesperson Brian Fisk.
It left the front quarter of the vehicle embedded in the home with a trail of damage behind it, including a bent parking sign near the intersection.
At the scene, medics could be seen loading the driver into an ambulance. Others from inside the house were also transported for medical treatment. Only minor injuries were reported, Fisk said.
A neighbor, Chris Scott, said he heard “a loud boom” from the crash and rushed outside to see smoke coming from the SUV.
Long Beach firefighter examines a vehicle that smashed into a house in North Long Beach on Tuesday, June, 23, 2026. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.
He said it wasn’t surprising to see it, given how drivers speed through his neighborhood with regularity.
“We really need some speed bumps around here,” Scott said.
Police are still investigating what caused the crash, but city officials have acknowledged that speeding is a problem in the area. They’re planning to install an automated speed camera on Long Beach Boulevard, a few blocks to the south.
That camera and 17 others could start issuing tickets as soon as the fall. It’s part of a state-approved pilot program to test the technology and see if it deters reckless driving.
Long Beach lobbied to be part of the experiment as it struggles to reduce fatal crashes, which reached their highest point in more than a decade last year.