Crime & Safety

Delivery Truck Driver In Mountain View Makes The Wrong Stop

A delivery truck driver was injured Wednesday morning in Mountain View when his truck hit a building because he mistakingly accelerated.

MOUNTAIN VIEW - A delivery truck driver was injured Wednesday morning in Mountain View when his truck hit a building because he accelerated rather than braking exiting northbound U.S. Highway 101, police said.

Officers responded at 6:34 a.m. to the 600 block of Ellis Street where police found the truck stopped against a wall of a building.

The crash damaged the wall, some landscaping and broke a window, according to police.

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Officers said neither alcohol nor drugs appear to have played a part in the crash.

The truck driver was taken to a hospital for treatment of moderate injuries.

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No one else was injured, according to police.

-Bay City News, images via Mountain View police