Driver flips car outside Somerton church

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Monday, January 14, 2019
Driver flips car onto Somerton church's front lawn
Driver flips car onto Somerton church's front lawn. Matt O'Donnell reports during Action News Mornings on January 14, 2019.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A driver was taken into custody after flipping his car on a church's front lawn in Philadelphia's Somerton section.

The vehicle came to a rest on its roof outside Bethesda Presbyterian Church on the 800 block of Red Lion Road.

Police say the driver hit a utility pole around 1 a.m. Monday then careened into the grass.

Officers tested the man for DUI and took him into custody.

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