Racine accidents; 2 cars crash into separate houses in 2 days

RACINE, Wisconsin – The Racine The police department is investigating two crashes in two days in which vehicles crashed into homes.

16 and Indiana

The first happened around 2:15 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26, near 16th and Indiana. The law enforcement officers, having arrived at the scene, found an SUV in the house. The affected house is a group house and four people were in it at the time of the accident.

There were two people in the SUV. The driver is a 39-year-old man, the passenger is a 47-year-old woman.

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Two people in the SUV and one person in the house (a 61-year-old woman) were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The Red Cross was called to help residents of a group home who were displaced by the accident.

The driver of the SUV was released from the hospital and arrested on two counts of reckless endangerment and two counts of reckless driving with injury.

Spring Street and Freeze Avenue

Meanwhile, on Sunday, Oct. 27, officers were dispatched to the area of ​​Spring Street and Freese Avenue around 3 a.m. The car crashed into the house again.

When the police arrived on the scene, they noticed that the car had crashed into the side of the house and hit the gas meter. There was a gas leak.

For safety reasons, two people who were in the house, as well as nearby neighbors, were evacuated. City Racine The fire service together with We Energies were able to eliminate the gas leak.

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Officials said the driver of the vehicle, a 43-year-old woman, was arguing with her passenger, a 46-year-old man, when the man grabbed and yanked the steering wheel, sending the vehicle off the road. roadway and into the house. According to law enforcement officers, the driver was not under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

No one was injured in the accident.

The man in the vehicle was arrested for reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct.