PUTNAM — Four people were injured when a pickup truck driver lost control and hit a home on Arthur Street Jan. 23.

Putnam Police said the accident involved a GMC K 1500 pickup which lost control while travelling east on Grove Street at a high rate of speed.  The vehicle struck a grassy embankment and went airborne, landed, then struck a parked vehicle and then hit the side wall of a house at 11 Arthur St.

The vehicle was occupied by the male operator and female passenger. Both were transported to Day Kimball Hospital with minor injuries. Two of the three residents of the home were also transported  to Day Kimball Hospital for treatment of minor injuries. The residence was deemed structurally unsafe by authorities.

The accident is under investigation.