During the early morning hours of Saturday, February 1, police received a 911 call for help from a resident inside a compact two-story single-family house at 76 Church Hill Road in Sandy Hook, who told them that her house had “fallen down.”

On arriving at the scene of the 12:20 am call, police realized that what the woman, who was on the second story, had experienced was a 2002 Ford F-350 heavy duty pickup truck having driven off the roadway and crashing through a corner of the wood-frame building, in effect, knocking down sections of two external walls on the lower level of the building. There were no injuries to the woman in the house or to the three people in the truck, police said.

The house, which is situated near the street, is on the south side of Church Hill Road, about 500 feet east of that street’s intersection with Walnut Tree Hill Road.

Police said that motorist Andrew Jacob Anglace, 20, of Southbury, was driving the Ford uphill and westward on Church Hill Road when he lost control of the vehicle, it crossed through the opposite travel lane, and then went off the left road shoulder, striking the house.

The truck smashed through the northwest corner of the home. After exiting the building, the vehicle continued traveling, striking and destroying a stone-and-concrete wall, and then colliding with the homeowner’s unoccupied parked vehicle before coming to rest in the driveway.

Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company Chief Bill Halstead, who was incident commander, said about 15 Sandy Hook firefighters responded to the call. The firefighters shored up the heavily damaged section of the house. Firefighters worked at the accident scene for about two hours checking to see whether there were any impact-related problems. The collision did not cause a fire.

On the night of the crash, the American Red Cross provided aid to the female resident of the house.

An emergency repair firm came to the scene to make some immediate repairs. Workers returned on February 4, seeking to make the building habitable, a task that was easily accomplished, according to Chief Building Official John Poeltl.

“It’s not as bad as it looks ... The damage was minimal,” he said.

After investigating the incident, police charged Anglace with driving under the influence, reckless driving, failure to drive in the proper lane, and traveling too fast for conditions. Following arrest processing, Anglace posted $1,000 bail for an arraignment before a judge on February 19 in Connecticut Superior Court in Danbury.