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Vehicle crashes into Bluffs home, 1 injured

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November 23rd, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Police in Council Bluffs say one person suffered non-life threatening injuries after a vehicle crashed into a home at around 9:05-p.m., Sunday. Officers were dispatched to 105 Glenview Drive on a single vehicle accident in which a vehicle drove into this residence. Officers arrived on scene and located the passenger of the vehicle and were told by witnesses that the driver (later identified as Andrew J. Smook, of Omaha) fled the scene. Officers secured the passenger (Jim Schafer, of Council Bluffs), and checked 105 Glenview Drive for occupants.

Officers located three occupants, all of whom were not injured. Schafer was taken to the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha as a precaution for treatmeant of his injuries, which appeared to be non-life threatening. The city Building Inspector was contacted, upon his arrival he inspected the duplex and found the damage to be only to the window area of the home and not effecting
the support structure.

Officers eventually located Smook at an address in Omaha, and cited him for various traffic offenses and released by Council Bluffs Police. The charges include Exhibition Driving, Failure to Maintain Control of a Vehicle and Leaving the Scene of an Injury Accident.