Lindenwood University House Condemned After Being Hit By Car

Jeremy Edgerson's final day at Lindenwood University will be one he won't forget. 

Around 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Edgerson said he awoke when he felt his bed shaking. 

A black SUV hit a utility pole and then crashed into Edgerson's house at 448 North Kingshighway, which is owned by Lindenwood. The gas meter was severed from the house. 

Edgerson said he ran downstairs and saw that his roommate and friend were OK then the three got out of the house because they smelled gas.

Soon after, firefighters arrived and the two victims of the crash were taken to in St. Charles. One block of the street was evacuated as Laclede Gas crews shut off the leak. 

The house was condemned by the city of St. Charles Building Department. Spokesman Scott Queen said the university had an assessment of the building completed Monday.

"It's significantly damaged," Queen said. "It's moved on the one side, like 6 inches off the foundation."

Queen said no decisions have been made about what to do with it yet. He said No one is immediately scheduled to move into the house since graduation just took place. 

Edgerson had just graduated on Saturday and was planning to move out Sunday morning.

"We were able to go in and get our things," he said. "They were really great about that. We saw that the house is totally unsound." 

Edgerson returned to Kansas City, MO, yesterday and said he will start graduate school in July.