Out-Of-Control Dump Truck Crashes Into Ridgewood Backyard Play Set

No one was injured after an out-of-control landscaping dump truck careened down an embankment and into a children’s backyard playset in Ridgewood on Wednesday.

The truck veered off the roadway, down an embankment and over a retaining wall.
Photo Credit: *Boyd A. Loving*

A heavy duty tow truck with a hydraulic crane was called.
Photo Credit: *Boyd A. Loving*

Two properties were damaged.
Photo Credit: *Boyd A. Loving*

Jerry DeMarco

09/05/2018 1:42 p.m.

The Abma’s Landscaping driver lost control of the vehicle, which veered off the roadway at Beechwood Road and Palmer Court, then headed down the embankment, over a retaining wall and into the playset in a neighboring yard.

A heavy duty tow truck with a hydraulic crane removed the truck and trailer.

Ridgewood firefighters and EMS joined police at the scene.

Boyd A. Loving contributed to this report.

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ALSO SEE: A man was seriously injured after an SUV slammed into a parked utility trailer he was in Wednesday afternoon in Ridgewood.

https://ridgewood.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/man-in-ridgewood-trailer-seriously-injured-when-suv-slams-into-it/741643/

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