A woman, 86, drove into the side of her neighbors' garage Thursday, June 5, after she went from her driveway across the street, through the neighbor's yard and over a stone wall.

HANOVER TWP., MI – A Chevrolet Malibu driven by an 86-year-old woman narrowly missed several trees Thursday, June 5, went airborne over a stone wall and smashed into a garage on Fowler Road.

"When that car came flying through, I thought for sure it was going to crash into our house," said Ashley Wildt, 28, who lives with her parents, Sandie and Norm Waring, at 7355 Fowler Road.

About 1 p.m., Mary Estry was leaving her driveway, across the road from the Warings, when she might have hit the accelerator instead of the brake, Michigan State Police Trooper Derrick White said.

The car did not stop until it had plowed into the garage, which sits well off the road. It broke through a wall and downed a metal shelf full of tools, golf clubs and other items.

Jackson Community Ambulance took Estry and her daughter, 49-year-old Lynn Sherman, a passenger in the car, to Allegiance Health, White said.

Estry was not severely hurt. "She's a little banged up," the trooper said. He did not believe Sherman had any injuries, but rode along with her mother to the hospital.

White said he was sure the state police would request the Secretary of State re-evaluate Estry as a licensed driver.

"This is just terrible," Wildt said. "My heart is still pounding."

Wildt was in the yard at the time of the crash and at first thought the car was carrying "drunk kids," moving her to angrily scream at the vehicle. When she realized this was not the case, she "felt terrible."

"I'm just glad they are OK."

Estry, who Wildt and her parents do not know, seemed a bit dazed. "She was just like, 'Uh. Oh my God, what happened?'" Wildt said.

Sandie Waring said she at first feared looking at the driver. "I was afraid at what I might see." She too was pleased the women were going to be all right. "Stuff can be replaced."

The family has insurance and Waring was on the phone with a representative shortly before 3 p.m.

Her red Dodge Charger, parked farther from the stone wall than usual, was unscratched despite its position a short distance from where the Malibu crested the wall.

After a tow truck pulled the car from the garage, only the tire marks, which show the vehicle's path between some towering trees, and the damaged building and its scattered contents remained as proof of the crash.

There was a large hole in the west side of the structure, empty of vehicles, and items littered the floor.

Norm Waring, who received a call from his wife while he was at work, was surveying the area.

"Sandie first told me and I said, 'What?' I just couldn't picture it," he said.

Now, his grandson, 8-year-old Trevor Brown said, "we have three garage doors."