Police say a high-speed chase that went through multiple towns ended with a man losing control of his car and crashing into a Winooski building.

"I got a rude awakening with the whole building shaking," said Brain Merchant of Winooski. "Almost like a bomb went off, but no bomb -- just car."

Bricks, pieces of insulation and other debris were scattered across Weaver Street Sunday morning showing the impact of a crash.

"The hole you see here, it was all open. You could look right into the apartment," Merchant said.

That hole in the side of the building marks the end of what police are calling a high-speed chase that started and Milton and finished on the side street.

"He came down Weaver, he had to be at least doing 65," said Merchant.

Police say the car that went through the building was stolen.

Merchant says he watched as rescue crews helped his neighbor, who lives on the other side of the wall to safety.

"Normally he sleeps in the recliner chair in there and if he would be sleeping in that, he wouldn't be here today," he said.

That same neighbor walked back into his damaged apartment on Sunday.

"Grace of God he decided to go to his bed last night," said Merchant, who's grateful to be alive, but left with a damaged home and shocked that it happened to them.

The driver was brought to the hospital for a head injury. Right now, we don't know what caused the chase or if the driver faces any charges.