A driver is lucky to be alive after a terrifying crash in southwest Cedar Rapids.

It happened around 4:00, Sunday morning in the 400 block of 5th Ave SW.

Cedar Rapids police said a drunk driver jumped the curb-- took out a utility pole and small tree. The car then plows, head on, into a big tree throwing sparks and debris everywhere.

Security footage caught the whole thing on video. See the clip above.

Area residents say they heard a loud crash, and rushed outside to see the damages. Att the time, neighbors say they didn't know what to think, they thought the driver was reckless and perhaps racing.

"It was crazy, I mean that guy had to be going 70 plus miles per hour to have an impact like that," Tracy Lahmon said.

Miraculously, driver wasn't injured, but was cited for OWI. Authorities said a second driver nearly hit the crews cleaning up the crash and was also cited for OWI.