Crime & Safety
Tractor-Trailer Crashes Into Meriden Home
The resident at the home thought he heard thunder or a bomb going off.
MERIDEN, CT — A tractor-trailer crashed into a house early Thursday morning on Preston Avenue, according to The Meriden Record-Journal. The home's resident, Aldo Signarello, said he initially thought it was thunder or "a bomb going off."
The crash occurred just after 4 a.m. when the truck, carrying mail from Springfield, Mass., hit three parked cars, a tree, and then the 484 Preston Ave. home, The Record-Journal reported
The tree also struck the home. The homeowners are currently displaced, WTNH reported.
Find out what's happening in Meridenfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Crews starting to cut items under tractor trailer in prep to move it away from the home pic.twitter.com/UOkehjuNrB
— Lauren Sellew (@LaurenSellewRJ) 18 July 2019
#UPDATE Here's another look at the tractor trailer that crashed into a home on Preston Ave in #Meriden this morning. We know the truck was carrying mail, it hit a few cars & a tree first. The tree also went into the house. Homeowners are currently displaced. @WTNH pic.twitter.com/ERvikMt2UB
— Laura Hutchinson (@LauraHutch8) 18 July 2019
The homeowner of 484 Preston Ave in Meriden sent me this picture of the inside of his home after a tractor trailer hit his home at around 4 this AM. Miraculously, his daughter was at work and no one was injured including the driver. @FOX61News pic.twitter.com/Lcb8nVjt5t
— Taylor DiChello (@taylordichello) 18 July 2019
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