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Auburn Officers Help Replant Garden After Runaway Water Truck Crashes Through Backyard

AUBURN (CBS13) – An Auburn homeowner woke up to a scary sight when a truck that had rolled away from a nearby construction site came crashing through their backyard.

The incident happened Wednesday morning along the 1000 block of Summer Ridge Court.

Auburn police say an unoccupied water truck rolled away from a construction site behind the house. It crashed through a backyard, taking down some plants, before hitting the home.

No one inside the home was hurt, police say.

Police officers later helped try and replant the garden that was in the path of the runaway truck.

This morning, Auburn PD responded to the 1000 block of Summer Ridge Ct. in response to a vehicle accident into a house. ...

Posted by Auburn Police Department (CA) on Wednesday, September 25, 2019
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