One business was destroyed while another was severely damaged after both caught fire when a truck slammed into a building in Hunterdon County on Monday night, officials said,

Galasso's Pizzeria was gutted while the adjacent Frenchtown Cafe also suffered significant damage when a heavy duty wrecker hauling a large trailer left the road and hit the building on Bridge Street around 10:40 p.m., according to the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office.

The wrecker is owned by B&L Towing and Recovery, a Carteret company.

No one inside the building was hurt, though several people who live in apartments above the businesses were displaced, the mayor said. The truck driver, a 37-year-old Kearny man, declined to be treated for minor injuries, the prosecutor's office said.

Frenchtown 53Bridge St truck into building Posted by Connie Neidlinger on Monday, August 13, 2018

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