VIDEO: A tractor trailer carrying mail crashed into a home in Meriden on Thursday morning, police said. The crash happened around 4 a.m. on Preston Avenue. Preston Avenue is expected to be closed for several hours. Investigators said the tractor trailer hit a parked van, hit a second vehicle, and went down an embankment and into a home. The tractor trailer was leaking diesel fuel and Department of Energy and Environmental Protection officials were contacted. The residents who were inside the home thought the crash was thunder.