NEWTON, MASS. (WHDH) - A salt truck crashed into a building in Newton Tuesday morning.

Authorities responded to the accident on Chestnut Street before 5 a.m. The impact of the truck caused damage to the brick building.

Newton Director of Streets Bernie McDonald told 7NEWS that it was not a city vehicle and that he believed it to be a private snow contractor.

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