CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A pickup truck crashed into a house Wednesday night after the driver fled from police during a traffic stop in northwest Charlotte, authorities said.
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Police were trying to conduct the traffic stop was on Tuckaseegee Road and said the driver got stuck in traffic on Glenwood Drive, near Interstate 85.
That was when the driver sped away, police said. The officer lost sight of the truck, did not have their blue lights on and did not pursue, according to CMPD.
A short time later the truck crashed into a home on Key Street, slamming through the front door and taking out the side windows.
No one was home at the time.
After the crash, the driver and passenger in the truck ran away and so far nobody has been charged with a crime.
No one was home at the time. Major damage @wsoctv pic.twitter.com/rXC1GpBLuc
— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) May 11, 2017
Police told Channel 9 that the truck's owner had loaned it out.
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