Woman escapes as car smashes into Palmyra house A WOMAN has escaped serious injury when a car crashed into her house in Perth's southern suburbs last night. The car crashed into the Palmyra home on Petra Street about 6.40pm. It's understood a woman was inside the home at the time but she escaped serious injury. SES volunteers, police and fire-fighters attended the scene. The male driver of the car was taken to hospital. Last night's incident comes just a few days after an elderly man received minor injuries after a car crashed into his home in Perth's eastern suburbs. In that incident, a Holden Commodore slammed into the Keymer Street house in Belmont just before 8pm on Sunday night.