Intoxicated driver crashes into house on Summit Ave, Raleigh NC


A man believed to be intoxicated backed a white U-Haul truck into a house near Summit Ave, causing property damage including a downed utility pole. Emergency services and police are on scene. There is also a report of an elderly woman having trouble breathing nearby.
Audio|Source: Wake County Fire
01:34
Transcript:
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EMS 11, this guy is saying that it's across the street back in the opposite direction.
00:07
There's a guy in a white U-Haul truck.
00:10
... in a white U-Haul truck?
00:14
... in a white U-Haul truck?
00:17
Yeah, so you made U-turn, turn on the road right forward, earth,
00:23
seafood.
00:24
He said he backed, do you turn where he's at, he said he backed into his house.
00:32
I copy. We'll follow y'all.
00:42
This person says he thinks he's drunk, but he was walking around.
00:49
I found those right here on Summit.
00:52
Looks like a pickup truck is in the roadway.
00:56
It looks like a pickup truck is in the roadway.
00:59
That's expensive.
01:06
Looks like...
01:09
Fider's damaged.
01:10
Patients have the vehicle.
01:13
NG9 route.
01:23
906, the District 1.
01:26
Go ahead.
01:30
RPD[2][1] said there's a pole down on South Thunder somewhere.
01:33
They're pretty sure that's what he hit.
Police codes explained
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[1]
RPD: Raleigh Police Department
[2]
PD: Property-damage only (no injuries)
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