Racine crashes; Within two days, two vehicles crash into separate houses

RACINE, Wis. – The Racine Police are investigating two wrecks in two days where vehicles hit houses.

16th and Indiana

The first happened around 2:15 a.m. on Saturday, October 26 near 16th and Indiana. When officers arrived on scene, they found an SUV inside a home. The affected home is a group home and four people lived in the home at the time of the accident.

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

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The two people in the SUV and one person in the home (a 61-year-old woman) were taken to a hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

The Red Cross was called to assist group home residents displaced by the crash.

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

Spring Street and Freese Avenue

Meanwhile, officers were dispatched to the area of ​​Spring Street and Freese Avenue around 3 a.m. on Sunday, October 27. Another vehicle hit a house.

When police arrived, they found the car had crashed into the side of a house and crashed into a gas meter. Gas was leaking.

Two people in the house and neighbors nearby were evacuated for safety reasons. The city of Racine The fire brigade, together with We Energies, was able to repair 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 the steering wheel and pulled on it, causing the vehicle to drive off the road. roadway and into the house. Police said the driver was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

No one was injured in the crash.

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