ANDERSON — Witnesses believe a medical condition likely caused a man to veer off Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and crash into a Morton Street house Thursday evening.

Police were called to the home at 1825 Morton St. at about 7 p.m. on a report of a car into a home.

Anderson police Sgt. William Casey, department spokesman, said Todd E. Snellenberger, 41, Anderson, was driving the 1989 Chevrolet Cavalier that crashed into the home. Snellenberger told investigators he blacked out before the crash.

“We don’t know if it was medical, but most likely yes,” said Casey, adding drugs and alcohol weren’t believed to be factors in the crash.

Witnesses said Snellenberger was northbound on 19th Street, turned left onto Martin Luther King Boulevard, accelerated for an unknown reason, turned back southbound, struck a small earthen embankment and went airborne. The car Cavalier crashed through a wooden fence before hitting the home’s foundation.

“I thought it was some commercial shooting going on, some stunt doubles,” said a witness, who declined to give his name. “I thought the car was going to blow up, honestly.”

Snellenberger’s son, Todd E. Snellenberger II, 15, was also in the vehicle. Both were taken to Saint John’s Medical Center, where they were treated for cuts and bruises and released.

One person, whose name wasn’t available late Thursday, was inside the home at the time of the crash. The home’s owner couldn’t be reached for comment late Thursday.

Anderson resident Dwight Watson, who was also among the first to arrive at the crash scene, said the driver was unresponsive when he arrived. He also suspected a medical problem caused Snellenberger to crash into the home.

“He was completely out cold,” Watson said, “eyeballs to the head.”

Watson said he was driving to a wedding rehearsal at the Sherman Street Church of God when the crash occurred.

“All of a sudden, it was bam!” he said.