SUV Plowed into Home With Child Inside: Police

An SUV crashed into the front of a home and into a room a little girl was in Thursday night in north suburban Evanston, police confirmed.

The crash happened about 8:25 p.m. in the 1000 block of Dodge Avenue, Evanston Police Cmdr. Joe Dugan said. The SUV first crashed into a couple of parked parks, he said, before crashing into the residence. No one was injured, including the little girl who was in the room the car crashed into.

The driver is a 68-year-old man from Evanston who had no visible injuries, Dugan said, but was having trouble breathing. He was transported to St. Francis Hospital by ambulance.

An investigation was pending the driver’s release.

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