Car slams into house at 15th and Crawford

March 01--Michelle Conner had been sitting on a sofa playing video games about noon Tuesday when a car crashed into the house, just a few feet from her.

"I screamed like hell," she said. "He hit pretty freaking hard."

The car traveled across a front porch and into a living area. Conner showed tire marks on the front door of the home, located at 15th and Crawford streets in Terre Haute, and scattered debris from the accident.

She and boyfriend Christopher Cook, both home at the time, were not injured.

According to Terre Haute police, officers arrested the driver on charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, operating a vehicle without financial responsibility and operator never licensed.

The suspect, whose name was not released Tuesday afternoon, was taken to a local hospital, where he received treatment for non-life threatening injuries.

Cook, who owns the home and moved there a few months ago, was asleep when the car ran into it -- but his girlfriend's screams woke him up. He said he doesn't have insurance but plans to make his own repairs with the help of friends.

He works at a local restaurant, while Conner had been employed at the now closed Conservatory of Music, where she was a repair technician. Several pets also escaped injury, the couple said.

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