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Car crashes through garage roof of southeast Minnesota home

Updated on: July 19, 2024 / 8:33 AM CDT / CBS Minnesota

Car flies into roof of La Crescent home

LA CRESCENT, Minn. — A motorist lost control of their car, went airborne and crashed into the garage roof of a southeastern Minnesota home on Thursday morning.

WXOX reports it happened at about 10:30 a.m. in the city of La Crescent, just across the Mississippi River from La Crosse, Wisconsin.

WXOX

The motorist drove off County Road 25, down a steep embankment and onto the home's attached garage below.

No one was home at the time. WXOX reports the motorist was hospitalized and is in stable condition as of Thursday evening.

Stephen Swanson

Stephen Swanson is a web producer at CBS Minnesota. A 21-year WCCO-TV veteran, Stephen was a floor director for a decade before moving to the newsroom, where he focuses on general assignment reporting.