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Wood Chipper Detaches From Truck, Crashes Through Mendon Home

MENDON (CBS) – A wood chipper disconnected from a truck before crashing through a telephone pole and going into a house in Mendon Tuesday afternoon. Police said the incident happened on Providence Street.

Police and firefighters responded to the scene at about 1 p.m. A photo shared by police showed severe damage to the home, with much of the outside wall gone and a chair overturned inside.

Providence Street Crash At approximately 1:00 pm today the Mendon Police and Mendon Fire Department, responded to a...

Posted by Mendon Police Department on Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Authorities said they are thankful that no one was hurt.

Police and National Grid crews remained on the scene throughout the afternoon.

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