Michael Robert Bryerton killed after his tractor trailer crashes into home.

A tractor-trailer slammed into a house along Route 147 in Reed Township, Dauphin County, this afternoon, killing the driver, Michael Robert Bryerton, and causing the home to catch fire. The home's owner, Linda Knight, and her children were not at home at the time of the crash, but neighbors say that the family pets perished. The home sits along the Susquehanna River, about 50 yards from the train tracks. Power has been cut to the house so tow trucks can attempt to remove the tractor-trailer from the home.