A man was beaten unconscious after his vehicle smashed into a home full of drunken partygoers Sunday. When police arrived on scene they had to use pepper spray in order to get the the crowd under control.

According to Seattle PI, Pierce County Sheriff's deputies received a report of a possible drunk driver in the area of Military Road East and 13th Avenue Court East just after 11 p.m., said sheriff's spokesman Det. Ed Troyer. The driver ultimately drove through a intersection at Military and B Street, then drove straight through a wooden fence and collided with the front porch of a home in the 15100 block of Second Avenue East, Troyer said.

"Some of the partygoers, who had also been drinking, promptly got down, took the driver out of the car, assaulted him and gave him a pretty good beating," Troyer said.



Neighbors in the area heard the whole thing unfold.

"I hear: 'Drag him out of the car. Let's kill this mother (expletive),'" said Rob Davidson.

Davidson said he tried to check on the man as more than a dozen people attacked him.

"They have the guy out of the car and they're kicking him while he's on the ground," Davidson said.

A combat veteran who has served in Afghanistan, Davidson tried to protect the driver.

"I put myself in the way, wanting them to focus more of their attention on me than on the man so they didn't kill him," he said.

Deputies arrived, found the driver unconscious next to the car and told the partygoers to step back, but several in the group refused to comply and charged the deputies, Troyer said.

"We arrived and almost had a mini-riot, and had to pepper spray to clear the crowd," Troyer said.

The deputies used an entire can of pepper spray to get the crowd to move back, then arrested two men for investigation of assault on the driver. Meanwhile, the driver was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital for treatment of his injuries and will be arrested for investigation of DUI, Troyer said.