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Village of Ridgewood dump truck driver escaped possible electrocution by jumping from his vehicle
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, The driver of a Village of Ridgewood owned & operated dump truck escaped possible electrocution by jumping from his vehicle after it became completely entangled in set of high voltage electric wires on Tuesday, 01/26 at approximately 12:30 AM. The truck’s raised dump bed had knocked the wires down as the driver was dumping a load of snow removed from downtown streets in the Graydon Pool parking lot on Linwood Avenue at Northern Parkway in Ridgewood.
Ridgewood PD, FD, and Emergency Services units responded to the scene. A utility pole was snapped in two after the truck hit the wires. A PSE&G crew was called to the scene to temporarily disconnect electric service to the pool facility until the snapped pole can be replaced
