Dump Truck Plows Into Home In Oakland's Montclair Neighborhood
OAKLAND (CBS SF) -- Firefighters in Oakland were asking residents to avoid an intersection in the Montclair neighborhood late Thursday morning after a dump truck carrying a load of dirt crashed into a home.
Firefighters posted a photo and an advisory on Twitter to avoid the area near Colton Boulevard and Snake Road at 11:18 a.m. after the accident.
*ADVISORY* avoid the area of Colton BLVD & Snake Rd. Big rig into the house. No Injuries reported. #oakland pic.twitter.com/1n9HfQtHvj
— Oakland Firefighters (@OaklandFireLive) May 23, 2019
While there were no injuries in the accident, it appeared that the truck did serious damage to the front of the home. So far there was no word whether the damage had affected the structural integrity of the house.
Footage from Chopper 5 showed Oakland police and fire units at the scene.
It took crews about two hours to pull the truck from the home.
One neighbor told KPIX that a portion of Snake Road is closed to traffic, forcing drivers to use Colton Boulevard, which is much steeper.
Here's a better look at the damaged done to the house. Neighbors told me that a stretch of Snake Road that is closed to traffic after a fire has caused a lot of vehicles like this one to use Colton (which is very steep) rather than Snake. @KPIXtv pic.twitter.com/FNrn9YGHJE
— Maya Castro (@mayaashleyyy) May 23, 2019