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Man charged with DUI after truck hits house

MERCER — A man faces a drunken driving charge after he crashed his pickup truck into a house.

State police say 33-year-old James Joseph Ford III of Mercer was arrested early Saturday morning.

Police say Ford was driving on District Road in Delaware Township when he went through an intersection with state Route 58. His pickup truck hit a parked trailer and then the house on Mercer Road. Police say the damage to the house was extensive.

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