Car hits house, leaving family homeless

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A single mother and her five kids are homeless after a driver ran off the road and right into their home.

It happened Monday morning on Brooktree Drive.

The Red Cross put the family up for two nights, but as of Wednesday they have nowhere to go.

Ladonna Jones says her five kids are the only reason she got out of bed Tuesday morning.

"I'm trying to hold on for the sake of my kids. That’s the only reason," Jones said.

Because the bed she slept in last night was not her own.

"It’s just an unbelievable loss. I don't understand," she said.

The damage is so bad, it's not safe. The staircase was forced away from the wall and the living room wall is caving in.

Even the youngest, 4-year-old Azariah, gets it.

"They broke my house. They broke it," she told us from the hotel bed.

Her mother says she is nearly broken now. She can't afford another security deposit to rent somewhere else. She had no renters insurance and she recently lost her job. She spends much of her time and money caring for her two special needs kids.

Jones fights back tears saying, "It makes me feel less than a mother to not be able to give them at least the basic needs that they need to go on and function in school, in their life."

Still, she says she is grateful she and the kids weren't hurt when the car came into the house.

"As long as I keep faith and put God first, I figure it'll be OK, it'll be alright," Jones said.

Donations to Jones' family can be made through Bank of America, under the account name LaDonna Michelle Jones. They can also be mailed to Bank of America at 7207 E. Independence Blvd., Charlotte, NC, 28227.