That's one way to exit a building! A city salt-spreading truck rammed through a second-story wall at a Queens Sanitation Department re...
A city salt-spreading truck rammed through a second-story wall at a Queens Sanitation Department repair shop today, leaving three-quarters of it sticking outside and the driver crying out for help.
It's unclear why the driver lost control but a little after 9 a.m. the orange truck burst through the side of the building.
"I heard a loud bang and turned and I saw this truck sticking out of the side of the building," said Frank Almona, who owns a nearby repair shop. "The driver was screaming like crazy, he was saying, 'Help, help, help.' He was hanging on. He looked like he was in shock.
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/sanitation_truck_plows_through_repair_Or43vEg04ePgJgHjqckHbJ#ixzz1VImBM7UK"I couldn't believe what I was looking at."
Workers in the building stuck their heads out nearby windows and shouted to him to hang on, Almona said.
The FDNY's Ladder Company 163 responded and used a cherry-picker to rescue the driver.
Almona said he appeared to collapse once he was in the bucket.
The driver was taken to Elmhurst Hospital, where he was in serious bus stable condition.
The truck was in for routine maintenance, officials said.
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