(Radio Iowa) – Waterloo police say a man crashed his car this morning (Thursday) and then got into a fuel tanker and crashed it into a house as he tried to get away. Major Joe Leibold says officers responded after reports of the car wreck.

A man was sleeping in the home and escaped without injury. Firefighters evacuated part of the neighborhood and a hazmat team was called to help with the fuel spill. Leibold says the fuel was everywhere.

The truck driver was taken to a hospital after being pulled form the truck that had flipped over. Liebold says they will release the man’s name and decide on charges after he has been treated at the hospital.