Dump truck leaves road, crashes into Tarrant County bedroom

The driver of a dump truck is in critical condition after a crash sent his rig careening into a home in northwest Tarrant County on Friday morning.

NBC 5 has learned the dump truck was headed south on Farm-to-Market Road 718 when it may have been struck in the back by a northbound car that had a blowout. The dump truck then veered across FM 718, where it appears to have crashed through a fence and turned onto its side before sliding into a home on Melissa Cove.

Officials have not said what caused the driver to lose control of the dump truck, but a damaged car was spotted partially stopped on railroad tracks located across FM 718 from the home…


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