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Suspected impaired driver crashes into Sherwood Park house

A Sherwood Park family was awoken in the middle of the night this week after a truck slammed into their home. Supplied by RCMP

EDMONTON – A 33-year-old suspected drunk driver narrowly missed hitting a child when he smashed his truck into a Sherwood Park home early Wednesday morning.

RCMP say it looks like the Sherwood Park man struck a parked vehicle, then veered off the road and into the home around 3:20 a.m. The truck broke through the outside wall and foundation of the house, coming to a stop inside a bedroom where a three-year-old was in bed sleeping.

Luckily, no one was injured. RCMP received a number of calls about the incident around 3:20 a.m., including from concerned neighbours who were awoken by the impact.

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Alcohol is suspected to be a factor in the collision, according to RCMP who say the driver was arrested at the scene.

He “was very cooperative and remorseful for his actions,” said Cst. Elissa Purvis of Strathcona County RCMP.

Bryan Travis has been charged in relation to the incident. He has been released with several conditions and is scheduled to appear in Sherwood Park Provincial Court Nov. 19.

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