Bad parking job: SUV crashes into East Brunswick hotel

EAST BRUNSWICK — A car went through the wall of a Route 18 hotel early Tuesday morning.

Lenibeth Estrada, 40, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, was trying to park a 2008 Dodge Nitro at the Days Inn around 12:30 a.m. but drove it completely through the wall of an unoccupied room on the first floor, police Lt. Sean Goggins said.

Estrada was not injured.

Goggins said the hotel, which shares a parking lot with Hooters, was not evacuated. An inspection deemed the building safe.

Goggins said the hotel was not evacuated but was inspected and deemed safe.

One of the hotel guests told ABC 7 Eyewitness News the impact felt like an earthquake.

Police said their investigation is ongoing and no charges have been filed.

Last week, a driver smashed through a deli in North Brunswick.

Contact reporter Dan Alexander at Dan.Alexander@townsquaremedia.com.

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