SOMERVILLE, MASS. (WHDH) - A runaway box truck slammed into a utility pole in Somerville Friday, taking down power lines and smashing into a car in a nearby driveway.
The crash happened on Sycamore Street shortly before 11 a.m. The truck was stopped up the hill to make a delivery, but it ended up rolling down the street with no driver inside.
The crash fully snapped the utility pole and scattered debris in the area. The Toyota Highlander that was hit ended up wedged between the box truck and a home.
Emergency crews soon had the area taped off with caution tape.
“It sounded like you think it would — boom, boom, boom. Like something heavy,” one neighbor said.
Officials said the truck’s brakes or emergency braking system let go, sending the vehicle cascading down the street.
The Toyota that was struck by the struck belongs to Bryan Ferreira’s mother, who was inside cleaning the house at the time of the crash.
“It was a big scare for my family. Thank God everybody’s safe, but it’s just sad to see the car is gone,” Ferreira said.
Eversource crews were on scene as of around 12 p.m., working to get power restored. On its website, Eversource said 47 customers were without power as a result of the crash as of around 4 p.m. Power was restored as of 9 p.m.
“A loud boom, I see three poles shaking and I walk out and I’m like, ‘Holy Christ,’ guy went through the guy’s house and I was like, ‘What’s going on here?’ It was just insanity,” Andy Godfrey said.
No injuries were reported. The crash remains under investigation.
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