Crime & Safety
Truck Smashes Through Newtown Home, Driver Arrested: PD
Police got a 911 call from a resident who said their house had just "fallen down" shortly after midnight.

NEWTOWN, CT — A Newtown man was arrested after he smashed into a Church Hill Road home with his Ford F-350 truck early Saturday morning, police said.
Police got a call from a resident shortly after midnight who said their hose had "fallen down." A truck traveling west on Church Hill Road drove through the corner of the home, destroying two exterior walls. It then continued and destroyed a stone and concrete wall and damaged the resident's parked vehicle.
Operator Angdrew Anglace, 20, was arrested and charged with DUI, reckless operation, driving too fast and failure to drive in the proper lane.
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Vehicle occupants and residents of the home weren't injured.
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