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Car slams into house in northwest Chicago suburbs

Driver crashes into living room in Lake in the Hills, Illinois
Driver crashes into living room in Lake in the Hills, Illinois 00:15

LAKE IN THE HILLS, Ill. (CBS) -- A car plowed into a house in northwest suburban Lake in the Hills Wednesday afternoon.

The crash happened in the 400 block of Ridge Court, near Frank Road and Boulder Drive.

A view from CBS Skywatch showed the car fully lodged inside the home's ground level, where it crashed through the brick exterior wall. The car ended up in the middle of what looked like a living room.

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Huntley Fire Protection District

The driver had exited the car before fire crews arrived. He was taken to Northwestern Medicine Huntley Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the Huntley Fire Protection District.

It was not clear how the driver lost control.

The residents of the house were home at the time, but were not injured, the fire protection district said.

Crews remained on the scene for a prolonged extrication of the car — which also involved Lake in the Hills police, the village's building and zoning department, and a towing company, the fire protection district said.

Lake in the Hills police are investigating.

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