(Denison, Iowa) – The Denison Police Department says a young adult male was injured Saturday morning, when the pickup he was driving went out of control and crashed into two houses. Authorities say 19-year-old Julio Fernando Jeronimo-Perez, of Denison, was driving a 2009 Dodge RAM 1500 pickup truck, when the vehicle went out of control at exited S. 24th Street in Denison. The vehicle went airborne and struck a support beam to a residence at 30 S. 24th Street before hitting a home at 34 S. 24th Street. The pickup came to rest in the front yard of the second residence, between a tree and the porch of the home. The crash occurred at around 1:40-a.m. Authorities say the wall to the house where the kitchen was, was damaged, and a portion of the wall was missing.

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Jeronimo-Perez was in the vehicle, conscious and talking with attempting to exit the pickup. Fire and EMS arrived on the scene and removed Perez from the vehicle. He was transported by EMS to the Crawford County Hospital for treatment of possible/unknown injuries. No other injuries were reported. Damage to the two residences was estimated at $25,000 each. The pickup was totaled in the crash, with the damage estimated at $10,000.

No citations have been issued (as of the latest report).