A municipal snowplow crashed into the front of a home in Trenton on Wednesday.

New Glasgow police said the snowplow operator was salting and plowing the town roads when the incident happened at about 10:10 a.m.

The plow, which belongs to Trenton's Public Works Department, was travelling on Egerton Street and turned on Chestnut Street and crashed into a residential home at 50 Chestnut St.

The accident happened at 50 Chestnut St. in Trenton. (New Glasgow Police Service) Const. Ken Macdonald said a woman was inside the home at the time of the crash but wasn't hurt because she was at the rear of the house.

The snowplow operator was not hurt.

The truck was seized as part of the investigation and Macdonald said police are looking at mechanical failure and road conditions as possible causes of the crash.