ROCKVILLE, Md. — Police and firefighters are on the scene after a truck crashed into a home in Rockville, Maryland, Thursday morning. Emergency crews say the person in the truck was trapped by live wires after hitting a power pole.
According to Montgomery County Fire and EMS Public Information Officer Pete Piringer said the crash happened just before 8 a.m. in the 2200 block of McAuliffe Drive, near Meadow Hall Drive. That's just down the street from the Twinbrook Library.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation, but Piringer said the driver of the truck struck a power pole and then drove into the home. The driver was briefly trapped in the truck by the live powerlines.
By 8:45 a.m., the driver was taken out of the truck, and the truck was removed from the home. The driver, identified as a 67-year-old man, was taken to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries. He was cited for various traffic offenses. Rockville Police said he is not the owner of the home. Police say the crash was the result of operator error.
Sky9 was over the scene of the crash Thursday morning.
Housing inspectors were on scene Thursday morning. It is not known if anyone was inside the home at the time.
