A runaway garbage truck that smashed into several cars in Western Pennsylvania was caught on camera. The video shows the crash from Friday near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A report from New Brighton police says the garbage truck driver got out and walked 10 feet away to talk to a supervisor, then somehow the brakes “disengaged”.
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Officials from the Waste Management office in Ambridge, PA, would not say whether the workers were disciplined, and there is no word if the company will pick up the tab for the accident.
“I was shocked”, he said. “Be more responsible. There could have been lives lost”, Ferguson said. The garbage truck came to a stop after taking out about five cars.
Matt Ferguson said he installed security cameras at his home about a year ago with the intention of deterring vandalism on his sidewalk. “Not at all”, Ferguson said.
Afterward, she said she could only think of “how insane it was”, and “how tragic it could have been”.
She added that her mother and son, whose cars were hit, “have to take care of it themselves, with the deductibles and the high cost of rental cars”.
Safety is a top priority for Waste Management.
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Lisa Ferguson, whose camera caught the incident, said she was out thousands of dollars because of the crash. “We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused and thank the first responders for their assistance”.
