Home Uninhabitable After Teen Crashes Car Into It: Police

BEACH PARK, IL — A home in Beach Park is uninhabitable after a teen allegedly drove drunk and crashed into the residence early Saturday. Police were called to a home in the 10000 block of West Yorkhouse Road in Beach Park at about 1 a.m. for the traffic crash. A preliminary investigation shows a 2007 Chrysler Sebring, driven by a 19-year-old Waukegan woman, was traveling east on Yorkhouse Road in the area of Geraghty Street when the Chrysler left the roadway and crashed into an unoccupied home, causing extensive damage.

The home has been deemed uninhabitable due to the damage caused by the crash.

The driver was able to walk away from the car and go to a nearby home to get help, according to a news release. She was transported to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

She was the only occupant in the vehicle at the time of the crash. Alcohol does appear to be a factor in the crash, police said.

The crash remains under investigation by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Technical Crash Investigations Unit.

Photo via the Lake County Sheriff’s Office