Car crashes into Gold Coast home

A man has escaped with minor injuries after crashing a car into a Gold Coast home and landing upside down in the backyard.

The car crashed into the house on West Burleigh Rd, Burleigh Heads, in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Police say the car damaged the home and then flipped over, coming to rest on its roof in the backyard.

The male driver, 29, had minor injuries, but the residents of the home were not hurt.