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Tractor trailer smashes into Warren building

Photos and story by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.

Posted 3/5/24

A tractor trailer truck struck the buidling at 11 Child Street in Warren a little after noon on Tuesday destroying a new business that was due to open in just a couple of weeks.

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Tractor trailer smashes into Warren building

Warren Police Sgt. Jason Canario works the scene after a tractor trailer truck collided into the building at 11 Child St. attempting to make the turn from Main St. around noon on Tuesday.

Warren Police Sgt. Jason Canario works the scene after a tractor trailer truck collided into the building at 11 Child St. attempting to make the turn from Main St. around noon on Tuesday.

Photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.

Warren residents Janessa Ponte (right) and her mom Rochelle Ponte (left) clean up remnants of their new business called Fabrications at 11 Child St., after the building was struck by an 18 wheeler trying to make the turn from Main St. on Tuesday.

Warren residents Janessa Ponte (right) and her mom Rochelle Ponte (left) clean up remnants of their new business called Fabrications at 11 Child St., after the building was struck by an 18 wheeler trying to make the turn from Main St. on Tuesday.

Photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.

Warren Building Inspector Matt Cabral looks over the damage.

Warren Building Inspector Matt Cabral looks over the damage.

Photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.

Warren Police Sgt. Jason Canario (middle) speaks to Janessa Ponte at the accident scene. Ponte was planning to open her new business called Fabrications.

Warren Police Sgt. Jason Canario (middle) speaks to Janessa Ponte at the accident scene. Ponte was planning to open her new business called Fabrications.

Photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.

Warren Police Sgt. Jason Canario (left) and Fire Chief James Sousa (right) work the scene of an accident after a tractor trailer truck tore into the building at 11 Child St. while trying to make the turn, on Tuesday.

Warren Police Sgt. Jason Canario (left) and Fire Chief James Sousa (right) work the scene of an accident after a tractor trailer truck tore into the building at 11 Child St. while trying to make the turn, on Tuesday.

Photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.

Posted Tuesday, March 5, 2024 2:21 pm

Photos and story by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.

A tractor trailer truck smacked into the buidling at 11 Child Street in Warren a little after noon on Tuesday destroying a new business that was due to open in just a couple of weeks.

The big 18 wheeler was heading east, and attempted to make the turn onto Child Street from Main Street. It smashed the windows of the building and took down the overhang. Residents that lived in the apartment buidling above looked on as Warren police and firemen worked the scene.

"I was walking my dog and I just missed it," said Janessa Ponte, who was setting up the rental property for her new business called Fabrications. Ponte, a Warren resident that lives up the street, said that she saw the aftermath and her heart sank.

"My stomach is uneasy," she said as she cleaned up some of the items in the shop after the accident.

Police taped off the scene and allowed residents back into their apartments after the structure was deemed safe to enter by Town Buidling Official, Matt Cabral.