Brooklyn Resident Shocked After Sanitation Dept. Plow Rams Car

A tow truck was trying was trying to free a Department of Sanitation loader from a mound of snow Monday afternoon when the loader careened into the rear end of a parked van, smashing out glass in the rear window. Another tug from the tow truck and the van was rammed into Ciara McArdle’s car.
 
“So many people were out on the street watching it” says McArdle, whose father owns the van that was hit. “They were all yelling at the truck driver, ‘Stop, you’re going to damage the cars!’ “
 
“Everyone could see what was going to happen, but they didn’t care. They did it anyway”, McArdle said.