A van crashed through a Garden City home early Sunday, nearly taking down the entire property.

Homeowner Jeffrey Bannon says it's lucky no one was home at the time and no one was seriously injured. But it was a jarring phone call to get at 1 a.m.

"We were returning from Buck Pierce's wedding social, and we got the call on the way home that our house was on fire," Bannon says.

But the alarm company didn't have it quite right.

"When we arrived we saw the fire truck from down the street … when you got closer you realize the alarm company didn't say anything about a van in our living room."

It was six feet away from driving straight through to the other side of the home.

Now Bannon, the Winnipeg Blue Bomber director of retail and promotions, is stuck waiting.

"We had to wait for police to get the man (the driver) out of there before we were allowed in," he says. The driver was treated in hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

"A couple hours later the tow truck pulled the van out."

There's extensive damage to Bannon's living room, dining room, kitchen, structural damage to the garage and possible damage to the home's foundation.

"He literally took out the wall between the living room and the kitchen. He was six feet away from going through the entire house," Bannon says. "I've never seen anything like it."

He hopes to be allowed back in later Sunday to get clothes and his kids' homework to bring back to the in-laws; the children, eight and 11, also weren't home at the time.

"The sad part is, if we would have been home, I wouldn't be talking to you right now. Because we sit on the couch — that he destroyed — to watch TV," he says.

"But at the end of the day, the driver walked away, we walked away. It's just stuff that can be replaced."

Bannon hopes to meet with his insurance agent Monday to discuss a damage estimate. In the meantime emergency cleanup crews have fortified the house and cut off power.

Police are not currently contemplating charges.

"Whether it was road conditions, a medical situation, I don't know, but I don't see any indication at all of alcohol being involved," said Const. Eric Hofley, a police spokesperson.