Betty and Harold Lybeck awoke Tuesday morning to a shaking house and a “rattling and crunching sound.”

“It felt like an earthquake,” Betty Lybeck said Wednesday.

But it wasn’t an earthquake that knocked their Ranier Manor home off its blocks at around 5 a.m., it was a large tractor-trailer that meandered into the small community and then backed into the Lybeck’s home trying to turn around.

“That was a wake-up call!” Lybeck said.

The home was pushed sideways in the accident and still leans precariously to one side. The blocks on which it sits are also now crooked. There is damage to the front of the unit as well, presumably where the truck impacted.

No one was injured in the incident, but according to Lybeck, the damage is estimated by their insurance company at $30,000. The Lybecks are presently staying at a local mobile home park in their recreational vehicle while they wait for repairs.

Neighbor Leta Justice was also woken up by the noise and when she looked out her window and saw the Lybeck’s home leaning precariously to one side, she thought it was an optical illusion.

“I thought it was me,” she said. “I thought I was getting dizzy.”

But then she saw the truck, a C.R. England 18-wheeler, still trying to get out of the neighborhood and knew what happened.

According to Sumner Communications Director Carmen Palmer, at about 4:55 a.m. Tuesday a commercial truck driven by a 50-year-old male driver got lost in the 14100 block of 70th St. E and in attempting to turn around struck and damaged the Lybeck’s mobile home. He was cited for negligent driving.

Lybeck and fellow neighbor Rainie Betters said they were told the driver was a trainee who was lost trying to find the Costco warehouse, located on 142nd Avenue East.

Community members said this is not the first time a wayward truck has turned into their quiet neighborhood looking for the Costco. Since their neighborhood also contains a small stretch of 142nd Avenue East, which dead ends before resuming more than one mile to the north.

Neighbors said drivers have told them their GPS leads them into the neighborhood, even though there are “No Trucks” and “No Outlet” signs. The “No Trucks” sign is even highlighted with orange flags.

“It’s getting pretty often,” said Bill Betters, who has lived in the neighborhood for 34 years. “It’s too often to suit us.”

“It’s getting worse,” agreed Justice.

Residents said trucks have run over curbs, crushed some yard ornaments and have repeatedly knocked down signs, though this is the first time a home has been hit.

Palmer said the incident is a reminder to drivers to obey all traffic signs.

“In this age of GPS, the navigation system does not negate or override the driver’s responsibility to watch and obey traffic signs,” she said.

Calls to C.R. England were not immediately returned.