Truck smashes into north Boise home

Truck smashes into north Boise home

Credit: Theresa Palmgren / KTVB

The white pickup broke through a fence, then hit the side of a single family home in North Boise.

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by KTVB.COM

KTVB

Posted on April 13, 2012 at 9:54 AM

BOISE -- Around 8 a.m. on Friday Boise police and firefighters responded to a report of a pickup that had crashed into the side of a home near 8th Street N. and 15th Avenue.

Police tell KTVB that the pickup's driver apparently side-swiped a moving vehicle, lost control, and ended up driving into the side of the single-family home while the family was inside.

The truck also smashed through the home's wooden fence, left a dent in the home's siding, and damaged an air-conditioning unit.

Neither the pickup's driver, nor the home's occupants were injured.

Homeowner Nolan Letellier told KTVB that the crash definitely caught his family off-guard.

"We were standing around in our living room talking, then we heard the sound of an accident -- you know a crash and squeals -- then next thing you know, our house shook," Lettelier said.

Police wouldn't comment on the cause of the crash.  However, the driver -- who is an older man -- was seen taking a field sobriety test administered by officers.  Afterwards, the same man was seen sitting in the back of a police car.

KTVB will update this story as more information becomes available.

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