Tractor Trailer Crashes Into Beverly Home; Driver On The Run

BEVERLY, MA – Police have identified the driver of a tractor trailer who, after crashing into a Beverly home, up and left the damaged truck, a gaping hole in the side of a home and, according to police, a passenger.

The driver of the truck involved in this morning’s truck into building crash is identified as Samuel Felder, 24 of Valdosta Georgia. Felder is still at large and the police are asking anyone with information about his whereabouts to contact them. Felder faces potential charges, said police.

Police are still investigating what exactly caused the tractor trailer to crash into a home at 1:30 a.m. on Roundy Street. The crash it caused "significant damage" to the home and the truck, but Police said no one reported injuries.

When police got to the house in the wee hours Thursday, they found a Heartland Express truck out of Iowa in the street with significant damage and a house with a major hole in it where the truck slammed into it. The driver? Gone. Police said he walked or ran away before police arrived and is still at large.

"We were able to identify the operator as a male party with a license out of Georgia," Police Officer Mike Boccuzzi said in an email to Patch earlier this afternoon.

Police said the building was inspected for structural integrity by the Building Inspector, but no word on its current status. The property was just sold by a woman in June last year for $285,000, according to city records.

A family of four were home at the time of the crash and one of them told 7-News the impact felt like an "earthquake."

Although the driver ran away, a passenger of the tractor trailer stayed at the scene of the crash, according to NBC Boston and other tweets.

-Additional reporting by Jenna Fisher (email this reporter at Jenna.Fisher@Patch.com and let her know if you saw anything).