SENECA Co., Ohio (WTVG) – Two people were hospitalized after a car crashed into a home in Pleasant Township around 12:30 p.m. Thursday.

According to a news release from the Seneca County Sheriff’s Office, officers and several fire and rescue personnel responded to a home in the 6000 block of N. County Road 33 after receiving a 911 call at 12:22 p.m

When emergency services arrived, they discovered that a vehicle and a house were on fire.

Sheriff’s Office officials said the vehicle was traveling east on N. County Road 33 at a high rate of speed and failed to follow a curve in the road. The vehicle then left the road and crashed into the house.

The resident of the house was inside the house at the time of the accident but was uninjured.

Anterius Thomas, 23, was cited for OVI, failure to control and driving under suspension. Thomas was taken to Tiffin Mercy Hospital. The vehicle’s passenger was flown to Toledo ProMedica Hospital.

According to the sheriff’s office, ammunition began to ignite inside the apartment while firefighters worked to extinguish the fire. The sheriff said no firefighters, emergency responders, deputies or bystanders were injured in the incident.

The Seneca County Sheriff’s Office and the Ohio State Highway Patrol are investigating the crash.

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