Man injured when car hits mayoral candidate's house

A motorist was taken to a hospital Monday with non-life-threatening injuries after the car he was driving crashed into a house on Mason Street.

Chris Hendricks told officers he had a seizure, which caused him to accelerate through the intersection of Mason and Middle streets and crash into the house in a black 2010 Ford Taurus, Sgt. Jason Selzer of the Cape Girardeau Police Department said.

Hendricks, whose driver's license had been revoked, was transported to a hospital for treatment after the crash, Selzer said.

Walter White waits for Charles Southard, left, to place a third piece of plywood against White’s garage Monday. A motorist crashed into White’s garage on Mason Street in Cape Girardeau, leaving a path of destruction and a hole in the garage. (Laura Simon)

No charges had been filed against Hendricks as of Monday afternoon, Selzer said.

No one was home at the time of the crash, and no one else was injured, but the accident caused significant damage to the house at 460 Mason St., which Selzer said belongs to recent Cape Girardeau mayoral candidate Walter White.

"There was substantial damage," Selzer said.

He did not know whether White, a local real estate investor, lived at the house.

White could not be reached for comment Monday afternoon.

Last month, incumbent Harry Rediger defeated White in his fourth bid for the mayor's office.

Pertinent address:

460 Mason St., Cape Girardeau, Mo.