Everett multi-family home will need "severe work" after dump truck slams into it
EVERETT - A multi-family home in Everett was severely damaged after a dump truck crashed into the front of it Friday morning
Firefighters said the truck hit a canteen truck before smashing into the home on Robin Street. The driver of the canteen truck said he was parked on the curb when the dump truck sideswiped him and then crashed into the home.
Henry Maldonado, who owns the home, said if he had been in his bedroom two minutes earlier, he probably would have been hit.
"I felt the whole vibration, like an earthquake," said Maldonado. "All my picture frames in my living room dropped to the floor and stuff like that. I quickly told everybody, get out of the house, I don't care what's going on."
Everett Deputy Chief Lawrence Cardinale said three families live there and no one inside was hurt. The dump truck driver took himself to the hospital with a cut on his hand and the other driver had minor injuries, according to the chief.
Cardinale said the building has a lot of damage, especially to the front room and basement.
"The structural integrity of the building has been compromised. This building will have to have some severe work done to it. And again, we have crew on the way to support the building before we remove the vehicle," said Cardinale.
He said fuel in the dump truck was also being removed before the truck could be taken out of the house. An engineer is also inspecting the home to determine if it's safe to live in.
"My priority is I'm just glad my son wasn't there, everybody's safe," said Maldonado.
It's not clear yet what caused the crash.