EGG HARBOR CITY, NJ (CBS) – Surveillance video shows the moment a dumpster plowed into a home in Egg Harbor City, New Jersey, causing the house to partially collapse. It happened along White Horse Pike around 9 a.m. Monday.
Fortunately, an elderly man escaped inside the home alive.
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Video from across the street shows the dumper crashing into the single-family home and pushing it off the foundation, forcing the first floor to collapse in the basement.
Dumper crashes into Egg Harbor City’s home like a speedboat. 80-year-old homeowner falls from the living room down into the basement, has only minor damage. Driver driven to the hospital. Also minor damage. Investigation is underway. @CBSPhilly pic.twitter.com/laD6SxiSXo
– Joe Holden (@ JoeHoldenCBS3) November 22, 2021
Tread marks show that the truck left the road more than 100 yards away from the point of collision at the home. Investigators say a minor collision with another car a few blocks east along the White Horse Pike set this in motion.
An 80-year-old man was inside the house at the time. He suffered minor injuries.
The truck driver was also injured and was taken to hospital.
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Police were looking at a possible medical episode or to see if there were any visible slip marks on the road surface – to see if the dumper’s braking system was working properly.
Authorities say it is too early to say whether speed was a factor in the crash as the dumper was not on the road for more than 100 yards.
The house has since been red-labeled, meaning it is uninhabitable.
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CBS3’s Joe Holden contributed to this report.
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