Article updated: 2/16/2013 6:54 PM

Car crashes into Streamwood home’s basement

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Streamwood firefighters and tow truck operators had to be careful not to further damage the structural integrity of the home in the 900 block of Meadow Lane as they removed the car from the basement.

George LeClaire | Staff Photographer

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Geraldine Gibb had left her basement moments before this Chevy Monte Carlo, driven by an unidentified male, crashed through the wall.

George LeClaire | Staff Photographer

Streamwood firefighters and a tow truck operator pull a car out of the basement on Meadow Lane in Streamwood on Saturday.

George LeClaire | Staff Photographer

Streamwood firefighters and tow truck operators carefully removed this car from the basement of the home in the 900 block of Meadow Lane in Streamwood.

George LeClaire | Staff Photographer

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Geraldine Gibb had just come upstairs from the basement of her raised ranch home in Streamwood’s 900 block of Meadow Lane when she heard an incredible noise. A Chevy Monte Carlo had crashed through the cinder block wall of her single-family home and landed in her basement at around 2 p.m. Saturday. "My mom is really shaken up by it,” Gibb's son said.