Nissan Rogue plows through woman’s apartment wall — months later, she’s still locked out, and her landlord is AWOL

A Maryland woman says she remains locked out of her apartment months after a Nissan Rogue crashed through her living room wall, leaving her displaced, without access to most of her belongings, and unable to get answers from her landlord.

Marcia Shawn, 67, a disabled amputee, lived on the ground floor of the Reisterstown Senior Complex in Baltimore County when the crash happened in mid-October, 2025.

According to police and local reporting, a resident who lived in the unit above Shawn lost control of a Nissan Rogue, which slammed into the exterior wall of Shawn’s apartment, tearing through the brick and sending debris flying inside the unit.

Shawn was uninjured, but she told reporters she had a brief errand and had only just returned when the crash happened.

Short-term move becomes long-term ordeal

According to local reporting, the impact left the apartment structurally compromised, forcing an immediate relocation that management claimed would be temporary.

The building managers relocated Shawn to another unit in the same building. But what was presented as a short-term safety measure, she says, has stretched into a months-long ordeal.

Shawn says she has not been allowed back into her original apartment to retrieve her belongings. Inside, she says, are nearly all of her possessions, including furniture, clothing, and essential personal documents such as her birth certificate and Social Security card.

She told local media that she is effectively starting over with nothing but what she was able to take with her on the day of the crash.

“They locked me out of everything I own,” Shawn said in interviews, describing the situation as devastating and unnecessary given that the apartment has already been secured.

Landlord silence

The property is managed by Severn Management, according to WBAL-TV. Shawn says repeated attempts to contact the company, both in person and in writing, have gone unanswered. She says she has received no clear explanation for why she is still barred from the apartment or when, if ever, she will be allowed supervised access to retrieve her belongings.

An attorney representing Shawn has also attempted to contact the landlord, with similar results. The lawyer told reporters that the lack of communication is particularly troubling given that Shawn was a lawful tenant whose displacement was caused by an accident beyond her control.

Shawn says the delay has taken both an emotional and financial toll. She is living in a largely empty unit because her furniture remains locked inside the damaged apartment. Replacing vital documents has also proven difficult without access to her originals.

As weeks turned into months, Shawn says she has begun considering legal action to force the landlord to allow access and to recover potential damages. “I don’t want to sue,” she told reporters, “but I may have no choice.” Severn Management did not respond to multiple requests for comment from local news outlets.