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Man charged with reckless driving after car crashes into house

Two people were injured Monday when a BMW X6 hit a house in Elmhurst.

The driver, Vladyslav Vityk, 18, has been charged with reckless driving, disobeying a traffic-control device, improper lane use and driving too fast for conditions, according to Elmhurst police.

The crash happened at 11:41 a.m. on the 700 block of North Junior Terrace when Vityk, working for WIN Auto Plaza of Elmhurst, took the passengers on a test drive of the vehicle.

Vityk was driving south on Junior Terrace, lost control, crossed a yard and hit the front-facing garage of a house, police said.

His two passengers suffered minor injuries and were treated at Edward-Elmhurst Hospital.

Vityk was not injured. Nobody in the house was hurt.

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