{"id":73600,"date":"2026-03-26T19:18:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T23:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=73600"},"modified":"2026-03-26T19:49:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T23:49:18","slug":"genesee-county-alexander-family-will-not-rebuild-after-their-home-was-struck-a-second-time-by-a-vehicle-in-the-past-seven-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2026\/03\/26\/genesee-county-alexander-family-will-not-rebuild-after-their-home-was-struck-a-second-time-by-a-vehicle-in-the-past-seven-months\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Alexander\/Family will not rebuild after their home was struck a second time by a vehicle in the past seven months"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Monica Germonte inside her damaged home on Thursday morning. The one-story home on Dodgeson and Halstead Road was in the process of being remodeled after being struck by a vehicle last August. Germonte says after Tuesday’s evening’s accident, where an SUV crashed into her home almost in the same exact spot, she and her husband Michael and son Mark will not rebuild.<\/strong><\/em> The have lived there 37 years.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hole in the basement and front of the home after the March 24, 2026 accident<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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View from the basement after the March 24, 2026 accident.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Provided photo of Tuesday night’s accident<\/em><\/strong>, which was called in just before midnight at 11:58p.m.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Tuesday evening’s accident, Germonte’s home was moved off the foundation about a half a foot and has been deemed unsafe by code enforcement. A wood beam in the basement was struck in the front of the home and pushed through to the back of the home, bending joists and taking out new plumbing that had been recently installed. The Germontes are currently homeless and staying with their daughter in East Aurora with their dog. Their son Mark is a college student at UB and is staying in a hotel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the time of the accident, Mark had just finished studying at his desk under his front bedroom window and had just gone to bed when the SUV plowed into the bathroom next to his room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It sounded like a bomb went off,” says Monica Germonte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It’s only by the grace of God we’re alive.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monica says her and her husband’s bed was moved a foot away from the wall when the SUV struck the home. Their bedroom is located across from the bathroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n