Shocking dashcam video shows moment dump truck smashes into New Jersey home

WOODBURY HEIGHTS, N.J. (WPVI) -- Emergency crews rushed to a chaotic scene Tuesday afternoon after a dump truck plowed into a home in South Jersey.

Police say the truck driver was traveling northbound on Woodbury-Glassboro Road when the vehicle left the roadway around 1:30 p.m. and struck a telephone pole at Fairview Avenue in Gloucester County.

In dashcam video obtained by Action News, you can see the truck traveling at speeds of 50mph before slamming into a home on Stratford Avenue.

"It went through the front yards, never braked, right into the house. You hear, 'bam!'recalled Patty Hudson of Woodbury Heights.

Shocking video shows moment dump truck smashes into NJ home

David Keating wasted no time trying to help the homeowner.

"I was able to make eye contact with him through a hole where the floor and well had separated, and I was able to talk to him for about 10 minutes until the paramedics got there," recalled Keating.

Officials say the man was taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

Rescuers are on the scene after a dump truck smashed into a house in Gloucester County, New Jersey.

The owner of the truck company, Zeisloft Trucking, said his longtime employee suffered a medical emergency behind the wheel.

"He had no idea what happened. All he knows is he was stuck in the truck," said owner Charles Zeisloft.

The driver was trapped in the truck for about three hours before he was rescued.

One neighbor recalled the frantic moments just after the impact.

"My son and I were walking out of our door when I heard a loud crash as we were coming out," said Samantha Burke. "The next thing I know there was a truck in our neighbor's yard, in his house."

"I heard my neighbor yelling," Burke continued, "but the house was starting to crumble, so we couldn't do anything."

Zeisloft says the 73,000-pound truck was loaded with concrete sand.

Debris could be seen a few houses away, followed by tire tracks in the lawns of neighboring homes leading to the crash scene.

Crews carefully removed the truck before the home was demolished.

The area was closed for several hours as crews worked to clear the scene.