Error Importing pillow python package into TestComplete

I am trying to import pillow python package to read images from a PDF file. I am getting below error

Python runtime error.

ImportError: cannot import name '_imaging' from 'PIL' (C:\Program Files (x86)\SmartBear\TestComplete 15\Bin\Extensions\Python\Python310\Lib\PIL\__init__.py)

Below is the script I am trying to run

from PIL import Image, ImageFilter
import PyPDF2
from PyPDF2 import PdfReader

def pdfimages():
  reader = PdfReader("C:\\GitHub Repo\\AE_QE_CommonAutomationFramework_UI\\UI_Automation\\TestData\\The Anatomy of a Breach.pdf")

  page = reader.pages[0]
  count = 0

  for image_file_object in page.images:
      with open(str(count) + image_file_object.name, "wb") as fp:
          fp.write(image_file_object.data)
          count += 1
  Log.Message(count)
          

I have tried importing packages into "C:\Program Files (x86)\SmartBear\TestComplete 15\Bin\Extensions\Python\Python310\Lib" folder and also tried referencing packages directly from python packages using below. I don't have any issues with pypdf package.

from os import sys
sys.path.insert(0, "C:\\Python312\\Lib\\site-packages")

Any help here is greatly appreciated! thanks!