A debris-collection truck crashed into a yard on Elizabeth Drive in Birmingham’s Roebuck area Monday morning, damaging a home and the truck, according to WBRC.
According to WBRC, the truck was in the area collecting debris before it ended up in the yard. The outlet reported that the home sustained some damage, while the truck suffered front-end damage of its own. There is no word yet on whether anyone was hurt in the crash, the station noted.
ABC 33/40 placed the home near Pat Street. Its report also located the collision within Birmingham on Monday morning, consistent with WBRC’s account.
No Details Yet on Cause or Injuries
The reports do not explain what caused the truck to enter the yard. They also do not specify the extent of the damage to the home or truck.
This is not the first time a Birmingham-area home has ended up on the receiving end of an out-of-control truck. Last April, the driver of a delivery truck ran into the front of a home in Mountain Brook on a Friday afternoon, with the crash occurring in the 600 block of Euclid Avenue. In that incident, the driver was hospitalized, while no one inside the home was hurt, per the same station's reporting.
Who handles Birmingham’s debris collection?
For context, the City of Birmingham’s Waste Services Division handles household garbage collection, recycling and bulk trash across 70,000 households in the city jurisdiction. The city has not identified the truck involved in Monday’s crash as part of that division.
WBRC’s account did not say whether anyone was hurt in the crash.
