EVERETT, MASS. (WHDH) - At least three families were displaced Friday morning after a crash involving a dump truck moved their home from its foundation.
The Everett Fire Department told 7NEWS the crash on Robin Street happened sometime after 8 a.m. when a dump truck experienced some sort of brake failure, leading to it striking a nearby food truck before ending up in the side of a triple-decker.
“Once it actually hit the house, that was the scary part – that’s when I saw all of my picture frames, everything fall to the floor and stuff like that,” said Henry Maldonado, whose bedroom was crashed into. “That’s when I knew it wasn’t safe. I quickly ran up, told everybody ‘get out of the house.'”
Authorities said two drivers had minor injuries as a result of the crash, with one later taking himself to a hospital for treatment while the other was treated at the scene.
According to officials, none of the residents inside the home were injured, but ended up being displaced after officials found the structure had been moved from its foundation and was deemed unsafe.
“It crashed into the front, with the front room being compromised, the basement being compromised,” said Everett Deputy Fire Chief Lawrence Cardinale.
Maldonado told reporters he could tell there was a great deal of work ahead of him when it came to making repairs, but that he was thankful no one was hurt and that he had dropped his young son off at his mother’s before the truck came barreling in.
“For me, I was just glad my kid wasn’t there – my kid’s my world, he’s only 1-years-old, he’s a newborn, and so, I just didn’t want anything scary to happen to him,” Maldonado said.
Robin Street was closed following the accident, with Everett police asking residents to avoid the area for most of the day.
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