HUNTSVILLE, AL -- Kayoko Cooper is lucky in one sense and unlucky in another.

Cooper, who lives in the 3700 block of Fairview Drive off of Drake Avenue, had just left the kitchen at about 9:45 p.m. Friday when a Mitsubishi Expo plowed through the house right where she had been standing.

So Cooper's lucky to be alive, but not so lucky that the new windows she just had installed were destroyed, along with most of her kitchen.

The driver of the vehicle fled the scene after crashing into Cooper's house, but was caught shortly after by Huntsville police.