A resident and a juvenile girl were both transported to the hospital after a car crashed into a house, causing extensive damage that left residents homeless, with the driver fleeing the scene in Algonquin.
The Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire District responded around 9:54 p.m. Friday to the intersection of Boyer Road and Williamsburg Drive for a vehicle crash with injuries.
An Algonquin police officer happened to come across the crash and called for the fire department and additional police units.
Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Chief John Knebl said firefighters arrived and found a Honda Accord that had crashed into a single-family ranch home in the 1000 block of Eineke Boulevard.
The car was occupied by a female juvenile passenger and paramedics transported her to Northwestern Medicine Hospital in Huntley, Knebl said.
Firefighters also met with the homeowners and paramedics also transported one of them to Northwestern Medicine Hospital in Huntley for treatment.
The driver of the Honda fled the scene on foot and a police search, including with the use of a McHenry County sheriff’s canine, began.
Knebl said fire crews evaluated the integrity of the structure and called for the Village of Algonquin’s building department.
The home was red-tagged and deemed uninhabitable due to the extensive damage, Knebl said.
A tow truck removed the car, which was halfway into the home, from the scene.
Officers later located the juvenile male driver who fled the scene and he was transported to the hospital for treatment, Knebl said.
All three people hospitalized suffered minor injuries.
The Algonquin Police Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding whether any charges have been filed.