Car hits building after rowdy passenger grabs wheel

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A vehicle plowed into a building in the Northwest Side Logan Square neighborhood early Wednesday after an intoxicated passenger apparently grabbed the wheel.

The crash happened about 2 a.m. in the 2400 block of North Milwaukee Avenue, police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer said, citing preliminary reports.

An intoxicated passenger in the vehicle grabbed the wheel, causing the vehicle to veer into the building, Greer said. Both people in the car were taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.

A homeless man standing nearby during the crash said the vehicle “nicked” him, and he was taken in good condition to Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center, Greer said.

No citations had been issued as of early Wednesday.