No injuries in early-morning truck crash into building at Lochearn shopping center
A 911 call came in at
The investigating officer said that the driver of the truck, which was carrying a shipping container from
However,
Myers said all her trucks are equipped with electronic logging devices (ELDs), and those showed that the driver had arrived in the parking lot and left the truck briefly to retrieve his phone from a residence up the street. Myers said the driver was not in the truck, which he had left unlocked, when it crashed into the wall.
"It was just a freak accident," Myers said. Peach said the police investigation was complete and it was unlikely that criminal charges would be filed.
"It was fortunate that no one was injured," Kim said. "We'll fix it and then move on."
A crew from
The crew of three worked for about an hour to steadily remove the truck from where it had crashed into the building without causing further damage. A few bricks, knocked loose, fell as the truck was removed but the wall remained standing.
He said the truck was probably "a total loss." But, even though Prophete likely would have to retrieve the shipping container from an offsite location once it was towed, he remained confident that he could complete his scheduled work.
"I'll make it today," he said.
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