(La Porte County, IN) - La Porte County Police are hoping to identify the driver of a semi-truck who hit a house last night.

 

Officers lwere called to County Road 875 West near LaCrosse, where nobody was home at the time the truck hit the residence.

 

A home surveillance camera showed a white semi-truck backing up in the driveway, the driver fleeing after the trailer it was hauling struck the house and the attached garage.

 

Unfortunately, police said, the video footage was not able to provide a license plate number or any other identifyable markings on the semi.

 

Investigators are still hopeful, though, because the owner plans to have the video footage cleaned up in an effort to get a better view of any vehicle registration number that might have been captured by the camera. 

 

The brick and lower frame of the residence was damaged, in addition to the main door on the garage.

 

According to police, the truck driver may have used the driveway to turn around after he veered off course from U.S. 421, due to it being closed at the Kankakee River.