Heather Elkin photographs the scene as a Homer Township Highway Department truck is pulled from the dining room area of her brother's house in the 14000 block of Whirlaway Court in Homer Glen, Illinois, Thursday, September 20, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun

The Homer Township Highway Department truck is driven to the street after being pulled from the house it struck in the 14000 block of Whirlaway Court in Homer Glen, Illinois, Thursday, September 20, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media

Heather Elkins holds onto a pet carrier with one of her brother's three cats in it after a Homer Township Highway Department truck crashed into her brother's house in the 14000 block of Whirlaway Court in Homer Glen, Illinois, Thursday, September 20, 2012

Heather Elkin gestures toward her brother A.J. Jennings (left) after looking at the gaping hole left in his house by a Homer Township Highway Department truck in the 14000 block of Whirlaway Court in Homer Glen. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media

Firefighters look on as a Homer Township Highway Department truck is pulled from the house it struck in the 14000 block of Whirlaway Court in Homer Glen, Illinois, Thursday, September 20, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media

The path of the truck knocked over bushes before striking this house in the 14000 block of Whirlaway Court in Homer Glen, Illinois, Thursday, September 20, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media

Homeowner A.J. Jennings talks to reporters after a Homer Township Highway Department truck crashed into his dining room in the 14000 block of Whirlaway Court in Homer Glen, Illinois, Thursday, September 20, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media

Bushes and debris are removed form the scene as a Homer Township Highway Department truck is pulled from the house it struck in the 14000 block of Whirlaway Court in Homer Glen, Illinois, Thursday, September 20, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media

Neighbors look on as a Homer Township Highway Department truck is pulled from the house it struck in the 14000 block of Whirlaway Court in Homer Glen, Illinois, Thursday, September 20, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media

Homeowner A.J. Jennings talks to reporters after a Homer Township Highway Department truck crashed into his dining room in the 14000 block of Whirlaway Court in Homer Glen, Illinois, Thursday, September 20, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media

Homeowner A.J. Jennings (right) photographs the scene with his sister and a family friend as a Homer Township Highway Department truck is dragged from his dining room in the 14000 block of Whirlaway Court in Homer Glen. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media