An Amazon delivery drone crashed into the side of an apartment building in Richardson on Wednesday afternoon.
An Amazon delivery drone crashed in Richardson on Wednesday afternoon.The Prime Air drone hit the outside of an apartment complex on Routh Creek Parkway around 5 p.m.FOX 4 viewer Cessy Johnson caught the aftermath on video.
The drone appeared to be smoking on a walkway near the building.Richardson firefighters were called to check it out, but said the drone never caught fire.No one was hurt.Johnson told FOX 4 she happened to be working from home on Wednesday afternoon and heard the Amazon drone flying nearby. She started recording because she'd never seen one in action before.After the drone moved out of her sight, she heard noises that didn't seem right. Then she saw debris falling before the drone crashed to the ground."The propellers on the thing were still moving, and you could smell it was starting to burn. And you see a few sparks in one of my videos. Luckily, nothing really caught on fire where it got, it escalated really crazy. But they had to come and try to dismantle it. And then shortly after they came, two Amazon guys came and they had to clean it up and like take it in their truck," she said.A spokesperson for Amazon apologized for any inconvenience and said the company is investigating the cause of the incident.The company is also working to get minor repairs to the apartment building handled.Richardson is just one of a growing number of cities in North Texas where retailers like Amazon and Walmart offer drone delivery.Amazon began delivering with drones in Richardson in December.
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