GALENA, Ill. — Multiple people were sent to the hospital after a driver crashed into a rural Galena residence Thursday night, according to the Jo Daviess County Sheriff's Office.
Just after 7 p.m. on Sept. 26, sheriff's deputies responded to the 9000 block of U.S. Route 20 W. in rural Galena for a single-vehicle accident. According to the sheriff's office, a 2024 silver Hyundai Palisade was traveling east on Route 20 when the driver, a 45-year-old Galena man, crossed the center line, went over the curb and crashed into a residence with multiple people inside.
The driver was transported to a local hospital before being airlifted to Rockford for medical treatment. Two people in the home, a 32-year-old woman and a male juvenile, were transported by ambulance to a local hospital and the third resident, a 35-year-old man, drove themself to the hospital for treatment.
The crash remains under investigation by the Jo Daviess County Sheriff's Office.
