The driver of a stolen vehicle was injured and faces numerous charges after the suspect crashed the vehicle into a total of three vehicles and a house in Council Bluffs early this (Sunday) morning. According to Bluffs Police, 22-year old Mark E. Wilke, Jr., suffered minor injuries during the crash and was transported to Jennie Edmundson Hospital for treatment. When he’s released, he’ll be arrested for Reckless Driving, Theft in the 1st degree of  a stolen vehicle, and OWI.

Police and Council Bluffs Fire and Rescue Personnel were called to the area of the 3500 block of Avenue A at around 4:25-a.m., after they received word a vehicle hit a house at 3515 Avenue A. The vehicle, owned by Terry Hanson, of Council Bluffs, was damaged when it hit two parked vehicles and the home of Scott Mohr, of Council Bluffs. The vehicle was located in the intersection of Avenue A and 35th Street.

Police say the suspect vehicle was apparently traveling at a high rate of speed on Avenue A westbound. At the intersection of 35th Street and Avenue A, it collided with a mini-van before continuing west and hitting the two parked vehicles in front of 3511 Avenue A and then hitting Mohr’s home.

Upon further investigation, it was determined the suspect vehicle was stolen out of Treynor, and that Hanson didn’t know it was missing. A City of Council Bluffs building inspector was called to check the structural stability of the home.