Two adults and two children -- ages 4 and 7 -- in the house wereslightly injured when the truckcrashed into the living room and and kitchen area in the back of thehouse. The pickup driver, Richard Hargrove, was killed, said Warren CountySheriff Johnny Williams. A passenger in the pickup was seriously injured.
Authorities said a flatbed tractor-trailer truck traveling north onWarren Plains Road ran a stopsign at U.S. 158 Bypass, striking Hargrove's pickup truck on the bypass.
The tractor-trailer truck continued north, veering off the road and striking a house about 100 yards from theintersection.
"I noticed the back of the house, and I heard children screaming," said neighbor SteveGustkey.
The accident happened about 7:40 a.m., about two miles north of Warrenton.
Williams said the two-story wood frame house was destroyed after thetruck ran through the back, tore through bedrooms andstopped at the edge of the kitchen.
``In my opinion it's a total loss,'' he said.
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