Unoccupied pickup truck crashes into apartment, rupturing gas and water lines
By Lindsay Weber, Carolina Estrada
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VACAVILLE, California (KCRA) — A parked vehicle rolled down a hill, crashing into a Vacaville apartment building and rupturing the gas and water lines on Tuesday afternoon, according to the police department.
Just before 5 p.m., officers responded to the 700 block of Markham Avenue for the report of a vehicle that had crashed into an apartment building.
Noel Manangu, who was inside the apartment when the truck hit it, said his wife was hit by debris and suffered minor injuries.
“My wife screaming, ‘sweetheart, there’s something going on now. There is a truck came through in the kitchen,'” Manangu recounted. “I start screaming to everybody, get out in the house, because I’m thinking about the gas.”
Manangu said his son was also inside the apartment.
“All our stuff [is] damaged,” said Manangu.
Because the gas and water lines were damaged in the crash, officials said eight apartment units were evacuated. Immediately after the crash, when gas was leaking, the surrounding buildings were also told to shelter in place.
The police department said it’s believed that the truck was parked at an adjacent apartment building, which is up on a hill. It then rolled down, colliding with the structure.
Roads in the area were shut down as the police department waited for a tow truck to pull the truck from the building.
Vacaville police said the residents of the apartment building should be able to re-enter the building soon, except for the resident of the apartment that was struck. The affected gas and water lines have been shut off.
Manangu and his family are staying at a hotel tonight.
KCRA 3 reached out to the property management, but so far, there has been no response.
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