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ST. LOUIS - A car crashes into the roof of a home in the 5900 block of a Lillian after 1pm Sunday. The occupant of the home was at the gym at the time of the crash.

The car was speeding down the road and lost control of the vehicle. The car launched off a hill into the roof of the home. It also appears to have damaged a neighboring home.

Firefighters say the driver was trapped under the dashboard. He was taken away from the scene by first responders and transported to the hospital.

Firefighters say the driver is alert and talking. He is in critical condition with lower body injuries.

St. Louis firefighter Ron Kirk of Hook and Ladder 6, surveys the situation from a ladder after a subject was removed from a car that landed on top of a roof in St. Louis on July 16, 2017. No one in the home was injured but the driver, the only one in the car, suffered serious injuries. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

St. Louis firefighters check for gas leaks while others begin to extricate a victim from a car that landed on top of a roof in St. Louis on July 16, 2017. No one in the home was injured but the driver, the only one in the car, suffered serious injuries. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

St. Louis firefighters survey the situation from a roof where a car landed in St. Louis on July 16, 2017. No one in the home was injured but the driver, the only one in the car, suffered serious injuries. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

St. Louis firefighters begin sliding a backboard containing a victim, away from the crash site where a car landed on top of a roof in St. Louis on July 16, 2017. No one in the home was injured but the driver, the only one in the car, suffered serious injuries. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

St. Louis firefighters begin to remove a subject from a car that landed on top of a roof in St. Louis on July 16, 2017. No one in the home was injured but the driver, the only one in the car, suffered serious injuries. The car hit a small hill in front of the home, propelling it into the air. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

St. Louis firefighters begin to rescue a victim from a car that landed on top of a roof in St. Louis on July 16, 2017. No one in the home was injured but the driver, the only one in the car, suffered serious injuries. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

St. Louis firefighters from Rescue Squad 2, begin to secure a car that landed on top of a roof in St. Louis on July 16, 2017. No one in the home was injured but the driver, the only one in the car, had to be extricated from the vehicle and suffered serious injuries. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

St. Louis firefighters make sure a car is secure after a victim was extricated from the vehicle after landing on top of a roof in St. Louis on July 16, 2017. No one in the home was injured but the driver, the only one in the car, suffered serious injuries. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

A St. Louis firefighter looks at a car that landed on top of a roof after hitting a small hill at a high rate of speed in front of the house in St. Louis on July 16, 2017. No one in the home was injured but the driver, the only one in the car, suffered serious injuries. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

St. Louis firefighters use a Hurst tool to extricate a subject from a car that landed on top of a roof in St. Louis on July 16, 2017. No one in the home was injured but the driver, the only one in the car, suffered serious injuries. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

St. Louis firefighters stand clear of a house where a car that landed on top of a roof in St. Louis on July 16, 2017. No one in the home was injured but the driver, the only one in the car, suffered serious injuries. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

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