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Car slams into Renton apartment building

RENTON, Wash. — A driver was taken to the hospital after their car crashed into a Renton apartment building.

Firefighters said they were called to the 17200 block of Benson Drive at 2:36 a.m. Thursday.

They arrived to find a car that had lost control, went down a small hill, crashed through a fence and then slammed into a building.

The driver was trapped in the car and had to be rescued. Firefighters said that person was seriously hurt.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.

Car crashed into Renton apartment building