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It was about 2:00 p.m. when the driver of an SUV allegedly lost control while eastbound on Louetta Road, and collided with an eastbound silver sedan, sending both vehicles careening into a nearby house. It is unknown exactly how many people were injured, but two women in the SUV, one of whom was pregnant, were taken to the hospital along with others. No injuries sustained were considered life-threatening.
A jeep crashed into the offices of Orthopedic & Balance Therapy Specialists, trapping a woman beneath the vehicle for around an hour. Emergency crews had to extricate her before she could be flown to a hospital in Chicago for treatment. Her condition is not currently known, and her identity hasn't been released. The driver of the jeep, identified as Bernard Nygra, 68, had a blood alcohol content of over .15 percent and was arrested.