Car crashes into New Jersey home causing it to catch fire
MANALAPAN, New Jersey (WABC) -- A driver lost control of their pickup truck and crashed into a home in New Jersey early Tuesday, causing the vehicle and house to burst into flames.
The incident happened on Craig Road near Symmes Drive in Manalapan just after 5 a.m.
The driver lost control and left the roadway, barely missed a utility pole, and crashed into the home.
A neighbor's husband and another good Samaritan rescued the driver from the vehicle. The driver was rushed to a hospital in an unknown condition. A woman and her dog were inside the home and were able to escape.
"My husband's an FDNY paramedic, so he's retired, so he went and grabbed the guy out of the car with another gentleman who must have been behind who was a witness and called my neighbor's son. He lives in Brick, so I called him, and he came up within 20 minutes," she said.
There was a concern that the truck hit a gas line.
The Gordons Corner Fire Co. and neighboring fire departments responded to put out the fire.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
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