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Stolen car crashes through Léry house before smashing into 2nd home

A gaping hole was left inside a home in Léry after a car crashed through. Tuesday, August 14, 2018. Courtesy TVA

Police in Châteauguay are investigating after a spectacular crash overnight in the town of Léry, in south shore Montreal.

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Châteauguay police spokesperson Martin Labrie said residents in the area of Lac-Saint-Louis Road called emergency services after hearing a loud bang at around 12:30 a.m.

When officers arrived, they found an abandoned car that had crashed through one house, before smashing into a neighbouring home.

A gaping hole is left where a car crashed through the house. Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018. Photo TVA. Courtesy TVA

“It’s a residential street,” Labrie said, before adding the speed limit is 30 km/h.

Labrie said the car had been stolen earlier in the evening, not far from the scene of the crash.

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Officers searched the area for a suspect and located a man in his 20s who was injured. He was taken to hospital for treatment, but Labrie said the extent of his injuries is not known.

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Collision experts from the Sûreté du Québec are assisting in the investigation.

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Labrie said no one in either of the two homes was injured.

“It’s miraculous,” he said.

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