Dump truck crashes into Woodbury Heights house
Photo by FRANK SAIACrews monitor the structure after a dump truck crashed into a home in Woodbury Heights, NJ on May 20, 2025.
Photo by FRANK SAIARescuers work to stabilize the house to be able to remove the driver of the dump truck that crashed into the dwelling at 941 Woodbury Glassboro Road, Woodbury Heights on May 20, 2025.
Photo by FRANK SAIACherry Hill FF and Rescue/USAR 13 member Ryan Hallquist uses the transit to monitor any movement in the structure while crews work to shore the building and remove the driver at this MVC into a building in Woodbury Heights, NJ on May 20, 2025.
Photo by FRANK SAIACherry Hill FF Kendal Harkins cuts away part of a wall as CHFD FF Justin Walters and Winslow Capt. David Schlessinger work to stabilize the structure and gain access to the driver after the MVC in Woodbury Heights, NJ, May 20, 2025.
Photo by FRANK SAIACamden FF Brandon Gerald and FF Manny Nieves, members of the Collapse Rescue Task Force, using the search camera to monitor conditions inside the collapse area where the driver is following this MVC in Woodbury Heights, NJ on May 20, 2025.
Photo by FRANK SAIAAfter the driver was removed, you can see the cab of the dump truck all the way into the house.
Photo by FRANK SAIACamden FF Manny Nieves and FF Alexian Mercado, members of the Structural Collapse Task Force, use the search camera to monitor the area around the driver inside the house at this MVC in Woodbury Heights, NJ on May 20, 2025.
Woodbury Heights, NJ - On May 20, 2025, at approximately 1334 hours a dump truck carrying a load of construction sand drove off of the roadway and crashed into a house trapping the driver and injuring an occupant in the house.
Heading north on Woodbury Glassboro Road in Woodbury Heights, Gloucester County, NJ, the driver of the dump truck drove off the road, careened through a utility pole, across the front yards of several houses and crashed into a house at 941 Woodbury Glassboro Road, knocking the house off of its foundation, and coming to rest in the basement of the house. The crash collapsed portions of the house, injuring the occupant of the house, and left the driver of the dump truck trapped in his truck until rescuers could shore up the house and extricate him from the rubble. Both the occupant of the house and the driver are believed to not have sustained life threatening injuries. It is reported that the driver of the truck may have experienced a medical emergency while driving.
Multiple fire, EMS, and police resources were dispatched to the incident. First in units, confirmed the report that a dump truck crashed into the dwelling, knocking it off its foundation and collapsing much of the dwelling. As a result of the crash, there was an active natural gas leak. Utility crews immediately responded to secure the gas and electrical service to the house.
After assessing the scene, the IC requested the Camden County Collapse Rescue Task Force to the scene. Member units from Cherry Hill, Camden, Winslow Twp, and Voorhees responded with personnel and equipment to assist with stabilizing the collapsed structure and to remove the victim. It took over two hours to secure the structure and remove the victim.
Multiple fire departments from Gloucester County assisted with water supply, hose deployment, air monitoring, debris removal, equipment set up, victim removal and various other essential duties on scene. The teamwork that all departments displayed was remarkable especially with such a complex incident.
Cranes and special equipment were used to remove the dump truck from the house before the house could be prepared to be demolished.
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