Semi rolls backwards, crashes into Nashville area home

GREENBRIER, Tenn. (News Channel 5) – A tow truck driver was arrested and a family was left with a badly damaged home and two damaged cars after a tractor-trailer rolled down a street into a home in Robertson County.

The incident happened around 7 a.m. Monday along Elm Hill Court, just off Sycamore Drive in Greenbrier.
According to police, the owner of the truck left the semi running unattended while going into his mother’s home.

A tow truck driver tasked with removing the truck from the home assaulted officers for unknown, unrelated reasons. pic.twitter.com/mQqYLSulDQ

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The owner of the truck apparently did not have all of the necessary brakes engaged, and the remaining brakes failed – causing the truck to roll down the street, down a driveway, and into a family’s two cars and the side of their home.

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