Fayetteville family got a surprise visitor in its

living room Friday evening - a dump truck.

According

to reports, a man working in the Magnolia Ridge

subdivision climbed into a truck belonging to

Graystone Grading Inc. After starting it up, he

got out for a moment, and when he turned around,

he could only watch helplessly at it rolled down

Rocky Knoll Trail out of control.

The

truck rumbled across Rock Hill Drive and into the

front yard of a home there, but it didn't stop in

the yard, going straight through the front wall.

Once the truck got far enough inside the house,

its weight caused it to plummet through the floor

and into the basement.

Fayetteville

Fire Department personnel were called and

responded at about 5:50 p.m. Friday, according to

Chief Alan Jones. Firefighters thought they were

responding to a gas leak outside a building, only

to arrive and find where the truck "hit

home," so to speak.

Three

people were at home at the time of the accident,

and amazingly, none were injured. The family cat

was missing for a few hours, but a search found

the animal perched on a window in the basement,

seemingly unaffected by the ordeal.

Firefighters

secured the home's utilities and stayed on the

scene because of possible fire hazards due to the

fact that the truck's engine was still running. A

unit from Fayette Wrecker came and pulled the

truck out with no additional damage to the house,

Jones said.

The

house was roped off and a city engineer inspected

the premises before repair work began.

No

citations have been issued in relation to the

accident, according to Lt. Tom Kirkbride of the

Fayetteville Police Department.

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