On Friday afternoon, it was House vs. SUV

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A driver, who apparently suffered a medical emergency, drove a Ford Explorer through a retaining wall Friday afternoon nearly hitting a home at the corner of East Fourth Avenue and 12th St. For the story, see Page 3A.

JOSH STEPHENSON/Durango Herald

A driver, who apparently suffered a medical emergency, drove a Ford Explorer through a retaining wall Friday afternoon nearly hitting a home at the corner of East Fourth Avenue and 12th St. For the story, see Page 3A.

A Durango woman was picking up her kids from school when she got a call from a firefighter friend: Hey, theres a car in your yard. It almost hit your house.

The incident unfolded at about 3:30 p.m. Friday. A driver in a maroon Ford Explorer raced up 12th Street, past the Mason Center, before entering a residential yard at 1174 East Fourth Ave., jumping a brick landscaping wall and stopping just shy of the home itself, according to witnesses and authorities.

The driver apparently suffered a medical emergency, first responders said.

Hes got a history of seizures, said Durango police Sgt. Jeremiah Lee.

Authorities on scene declined to identify the driver, who refused medical treatment.

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On Friday afternoon, it was House vs. SUV