Shocked family wake to find a Lexus at the bottom of their swimming pool

A family from California were taken aback when they woke up to find a Lexus at the bottom of their swimming pool.

On US Mother's Day the Diaz family were woken up with a bang when driver Modesto Cabral allegedly ploughed his Lexus through a breeze block wall surrounding their family home, plunging straight into their swimming pool early Sunday (May 13th) morning.

Family shocked at finding a Lexus in their swimming pool 

However, while the family from La Puente were certainly shocked, the incident wasn't totally unexpected.

Janelle Diaz, 16, told the San Gabriel Valley Tribune: 'We had always joked around about it that someone was going to end up in the pool - because they've hit our wall before.'

According to ABC News officials from the California Highway Patrol believe that Cabral drove his 2006 Lexus GS 430 through a cross roads, over a pavement and through the wall.

He escaped with only minor injuries after squeezing himself through the passenger-side front window as the vehicle sunk to the bottom of the swimming pool.

Officer Steve Licon told reporters that investigating officials determined that Cabral was 'under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs,' during the 5.25 am incident.

Cabral is currently being held in police custody; meanwhile a crane was used to lift his Lexus out of the pool and return it to dry land.