Xcel Energy truck crashes into northeast Minneapolis building

Authorities are on-scene in northeast Minneapolis on Wednesday after an Xcel Energy truck crashed into a building.

The Minneapolis Police Department and tow trucks were at the scene as of 1:30 p.m., with the truck involved in the crash not yet pulled from the brick rubble.

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There's no official word yet on what might've caused the driver to crash into the Supply Studio building at 700 East Hennepin Avenue, nor is it known if anyone was injured.

Police on Wednesday afternoon shut down a portion of East Hennepin Avenue to eastbound traffic as authorities respond to the scene, which is in the heart of the ongoing Hennepin Avenue reconstruction work zone.

The building before the crash as pictured on Google Streetview: