Tractor-trailer crashes into Atlanta motel

Driver taken into custody after fleeing scene.

A driver is in custody after crashing a tractor-trailer into a motel in northwest Atlanta and running from the scene, officials said.

Atlanta Fire Rescue spokesman Sgt. Cortez Stafford told AJC.com the truck went “partially” into the side of the Airway Motel in the 700 block of Fulton Industrial Boulevard on Thursday morning. There were no reports of injuries.

The “b o btail” trac- tor-trailer left the road, hit a parked limousine and went into the one-story building about 9:15 a.m., Atlanta police Officer Jarius Daugherty said.

The driver ran but was captured nearby, police said. His identity and the charges against him have not been released.

A woman was ins i de the motel room where the truck hit, but she was able to escape by climbing out of a back window, Channel 2 Action News reported.

“I just started cry- ing and screaming,” the woman, Lashonda Allen, told the news station. “I was just praying to God the semitruck didn’t catch on fire.”

Crews are checking the structural integrity of the building and investigating what sparked the crash.

By noon, the truck had been removed, and a gaping hole remained in the brick building.

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CHANNEL 2 ACTION NEWS A woman was inside the Airway Motel room when it was hit, but she was able to escape through a back window, Channel 2 Action News reported.