Caught on Video: Dump Truck Slams Into House in Atlantic County

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>>> 20 MINUTES, A DUMP TRUCK SLAMMED INTO A HOUSE IN ATLANTA COUNTY BARELY LEAVING IT STANDING. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIEW FROM SKY FORCE 10. THE IMPACT OF THE CRASH WAS SO GREAT YOU CAN SEE IT PARTIALLY KNOCKED THE HOUSE OFF ITS FOUNDATION. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS AFTERNOON. >> POLICE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT MADE THE TRUCK GO INTO THAT HOUSE IN THE FIRST PLACE. THE CRASH HAPPENED LATE THIS MORNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF WHITE HORSE PIKE. A MAN WAS IN THE HOUSE AT THE TIME BUT IS EXPECTED TO BE OKAY. NBC 10'S JERSEY SHORE REPORTER TED GREENBERG IS LIVE AT THE SCENE WITH WHAT ELSE WE KNOW TODAY. >> Reporter: POLICE SAY THE FORCE OF THE CRASH WAS SO STRONG IT CAUSED THE FLOOR TO COLLAPSE UNDERNEATH THAT 80-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO WAS SITTING IN HIS LIVING ROOM AT THE TIME. HE ENDED UP IN THE BASEMENT. PEOPLE HERE SAY IT IS MIRACULOUS NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY HURT. >> SOUNDED LIKE THUNDER. >> Reporter: THE MOMENT OF IMPACT CAUGHT ON CAMERA, AN OUT OF CONTROL DUMP TRUCK SLAMMING INTO A HOUSE ALONG THE BUSY WHITE HORSE PIKE IN EGG HARBOR CITY. >> THE LIGHTS WENT OUT AND CAME BACK ON AND WE HEARD A LOUD CRASH. >> Reporter: JOE RUDNICK WORKS UP THE STREET AND POLICE SAY THE TRUCK FIRST CRASHED INTO A CAR AROUND 7:30 THIS MORNING BEFORE GOING OFF THE ROAD AND CAREENED THROUGH A FIELD, HIT A TREE, AND FINALLY THE HOUSE, KNOCKING THE HOME OFF ITS FOUNDATION. >> WE LOOKED OUT OUR DOOR AND SAW THE RED DUMP TRUCK GO FLYING DOWN THE GRASS. AS WE MADE OUR WAY TO THE DOOR WE HEARD MULTIPLE CRASHES AND LOOKED DOWN THAT WAY AND SAW THE DEBRIS FLYING. >> Reporter: AUTHORITIES SAY ONE PERSON AN 80-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS IN THE HOUSE AT THE TIME SITTING IN HIS LIVING ROOM AS HE ALWAYS DOES IN THE MORNING. >> THE TRUCK COLLIDED WITH THE HOUSE CAUSING THE FLOOR TO COLLAPSE UNDER HIM AND THE GENTLEMAN WHO WAS ON THE FIRST FLOOR THEN WOUND UP IN THE BASEMENT. >> I COULDN'T BELIEVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENED SO CLOSE TO US. IT KIND OF REMINDED ME OF HURRICANE SANDY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. A TORNADO OR HURRICANE OR SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS WHILE WE WERE SLEEPING. >> Reporter: SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS PEOPLE RUNNING TO THE SCENE TO HELP. POLICE SAY THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK AND MAN INSIDE THE HOME WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BUT NEITHER WAS SERIOUSLY HURT. >> I HONESTLY THINK THAT IS A MIRACLE. >> Reporter: SOMETHING A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING THIS AFTERNOON. INVESTIGATORS SAY WHAT LED TO THE CRASH IS STILL UNCLEAR. THAT IS SOMETHING THEY ARE ACTIVELY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT RIGHT NOW. POLICE SAY THE DRIVER OF THE CAR THAT WAS INITIALLY HIT BY THE DUMP TRUCK WAS NOT HURT AND HE CONTINUED ON TO WORK. LIVE IN EGG HARBOR CITY,
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Channel: NBC10 Philadelphia
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Length: 2min 55sec (175 seconds)
Published: Tue Nov 23 2021
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