Driver killed when truck crashes into house in northern Ont.
CTV
One person was killed Tuesday evening when a truck crashed into a home in Iroquois Falls.
One person was killed Tuesday evening when a truck crashed into a home in Iroquois Falls.
Ontario Provincial Police said the crash happened around 8 p.m. The victim was the driver of the pickup truck, age 24, from Iroquois Falls. The road was closed for several hours, reopening Wednesday afternoon.
"The vehicle struck a residence," the OPP said in a news release.
"The people inside the residence exited the residence unharmed."
The mother of the homeowner told CTV News that the truck hit her daughter's home at a high rate of speed, narrowly missing the children inside.
Her son-in-law grabbed the children and his wife and escaped through a window.
Moments later the roof collapsed.
