Northwest Side daycare evacuated after car crashes into gas meter: Chicago police

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A crash is under investigation on the city's Northwest Side on Thursday.

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The crash happened on Central and Belmont avenues outside the Kids' Ark Daycare & Learning Center at about 9:15 a.m.

Police said a woman, 60, was driving north on Central Avenue when she experienced a medical emergency.

The woman struck and pushed a parked car toward the building.

Chopper was over the scene at about 9:50 a.m., showing a black Nissan sedan had struck a gas meter.

Police said the building was evacuated as a precaution due to the gas meter being struck.

Witnesses told ABC7 Chicago they could smell gas in the area. Workers with People's Gas were at the scene.

The driver was taken to the hospital in good condition, police said.

Chicago police said nobody else was injured.

No citations were issued.