Garbage truck smashes into Baden home

 


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This time, it wasn't a car crashing into a house in Pittsburgh. It was a garbage truck. 

Wtf?

It happened around 6:20 A.M. on Thursday, February 11, 2021. The roads were wintery, but don't appear treacherous in the photo above.

Baden police chief David Christner reportedly said the truck was unable to stop as it careened down Wilson Street and crossed Berry before slamming into the house, hitting its porch and living room.

The entire cab of the garbage truck smashed through the front of the house and ended up in a sleeping family of five's living room.

Here's a link to the TribLive story on the crash.

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