Vehicle Gets Stuck Inside Home After Crash In Milford Sunday Night

The Penobscot County Sheriff's Office is investigating a crash that left a vehicle stuck inside a home Sunday evening.

According to the Penobscot County Sheriff's Office, it all started around 10 PM, when a Sheriff's Deputy, on his way to offer assistance in a neighboring town, noticed a truck on the roadway behaving in an odd manner.

"The deputy was operating with emergency lights and a siren when he noticed a truck closing in from behind at a high rate of speed. The truck continued to escalate and attempted to strike the rear of the deputy's vehicle. The deputy tried to pull away and swerved into the oncoming lane to get away from the truck, however, the truck tried to hit the deputy a second time. When the deputy made another evasive move, the truck passed the deputy on the right side."

The Sheriff's Office says it was at that point that the truck passed the cruiser, hit utility pole and ran right into a house.

41-year old Albert Harnois of Old Town, was the driver of the truck. He had been issued 2 criminal trespass notices earlier that day, authorities say. One was from the Old Town Police Department, the other from a Sheriff's Deputy, but not the one he was trying allegedly trying to run off the road, when he crashed into the house.

A man who lives next door to the home that was damaged said he had heard a number of sirens and watched cruisers pass his place and went outside when he heard a loud crash.

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According to a witness at the scene, a couple lives on the home's bottom floor that was struck. The vehicle apparently crashed into their spare room. He said one tenant was sleeping in the room above where the crash occurred.

The Sheriff's Office says none of the occupants were injured during the crash, but that debris from the impact was everywhere.

The power company had to be called to shut down the lines while crews worked to remove the truck from inside the home.

The Sheriff's Office says Harnois was rescued from the vehicle, and transported to a local hospital, where he became combative as medical personnel tried to evaluate him.

Once cleared at the hospital, Harnois was taken to the Penobscot County Jail where he will face charges of criminal attempted assault on a law enforcement officer, aggravated criminal mischief, driving to endanger, reckless conduct and criminal speed.

The Milford Fire Department said it had personnel on hand till about 3 AM Monday before they cleared the scene.