Watch: Dump Truck Slams into Woodbury Heights, NJ, House

    May 21, 2025
    Technical rescue teams from Gloucester and Camden counties and other agencies worked to free the driver.

    Technical rescue teams from several agencies worked to extricate a driver after his dump truck slammed into a house in Gloucester County Tuesday.

    The truck, loaded with concrete sand, careened through several yards before striking the house, a 6abc video shows.

    "It went through the front yards, never braked, right into the house. You hear, 'bam!'"  a neighbor, Patty Hudson told a reporter.

    Firefighters and specially trained rescue technicians worked for about three hours before extricating the driver, who suffered non-life-threatening injuries. 

    The owner of Zeisloft Trucking said the driver experienced a medical emergency while he was driving.

     

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    Susan Nicol is the news editor for Firehouse.com. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, Oxford Fire Company and Brunswick Vol. Fire Co. Susie has been an EMT in Maryland since 1976. Susie is vice-president of the Frederick County Fire/Rescue Museum. She is on the executive committee of Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. She also is part of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) Region II EMS Council. Susie is a board member of the American Trauma Society, Maryland Division. Prior to joining the Firehouse team, she was a staff writer for The Frederick News-Post, covering fire, law enforcement, court and legislative issues. 

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