Vehicle jumps curb, crashes into garage

Emergency crews worked to free Vanessa Swalve from the vehicle she was driving Thursday, Nov. 12, when it crashed into a garage attached to a home at the corner of 4th Avenue South and South 9th Street.  Swalve, of Clear Lake, was driving a 2006 Chevrolet when she first hit a power pole and then a garage. She was transported by ambulance to Mercy Medical Center - North Iowa, where her condition was not made available.  The accident, reported at 11:08 a.m. Thursday,  is still under investigation.-Reporter photo by Chris Barragy.