Newly released dashcam video captures the shocking moment a runaway dump truck collided with a New Jersey home, triggered by the driver experiencing a medical crisis.
The harrowing event took place on Tuesday afternoon when the truck veered off its path, collided with a utility pole, and then traversed multiple front yards before ultimately crashing into a two-story residence while the homeowner was present, as reported by Fox 29.
The frightening incident was caught on the truck’s dashcam, which showed the driver’s seizure and the truck drifting off course.
Dashcam footage of a dump truck crashing into a house in New Jersey. (Fox 29)
“He was calling out for assistance and wasn’t sure about the severity of his injuries,” Keating stated. “I noticed he was bleeding, and he mentioned having some medical conditions.”
Charles Zeisloft, the owner Zeisloft Trucking, said the driver suffered a grand mal medical seizure, a type of seizure that affects the entire brain and causes stiffening and jerking.
He said it was a miracle no one was killed.
“If you are not a believer, man you better start believing now, because we’re living it,” Zeisloft said.
The truck driver being taken to away in a gurney. (Fox 29)
Zeisloft said the driver, who is identified only as “Timmy,” managed to call his boss from the wreckage.
Coincidentally, the crash happened while the owner was meeting with his insurance company to discuss liability coverage, and Zeisloft knows the homeowner.
The terrifying incident occurred on the 600 block of Stratford Avenue in Woodbury Heights, a suburb in the southwestern part of New Jersey.
