Video of Reckless NYC Tow Truck After Blizzard

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A dramatic video showing a city tow truck crunching a parked SUV in snowbound Brooklyn Heights Tuesday.

The caught-on-tape slam-a-thon shows a stuck front-end loader bashing into the parked vehicle as a tow truck tries to yank the loader out of a snowy parking spot.

The yellow snow-mover careens into the city-owned Ford Expedition, then strikes it several more times as it lurches out of the spot.

On the way out, the plow crashes into the window of the SUV, and also sideswipes another parked car.

"It could had been completely avoided," said the wife of Eugene McArdle, 53, whose city-owned SUV was crushed. "It was a poor decision."

McArdle is the emergency liaison for the city Department of Housing Preservation and Development and needs the vehicle for his job, a spokeswoman said.

The SUV is a 1995 Expedition with 95,000 miles on it that the agency inherited from the city Department of Environmental Protection.

"We're happy no one was hurt," the spokeswoman said. "It's just a car."

The video was shot from an apartment window around 9:15 a.m. Monday, after the snow had stopped and the blizzard moved away from the city.

A crowd of neighbors gathered outside near the corner of Joralemon and Hicks streets as the city tow truck started trying to pull out the snow-mover.

The onlookers warned the tow truck driver to be careful squeezing out of the snowbound street. Instead he blasted his way out, the video shows.

Along with the city-owned SUV, which has "Official" plates, the front-end loader also clipped the McArdles' personal Toyota sedan.

"There were about 30 people out, yelling to stop," the wife said. "They chose to disregard what we were saying."

The clip started going viral after it was aired on CNN Tuesday morning and quickly attracted 219,000 views within a couple of hours.

Asked about the incident at a press conference, Mayor Bloomberg said anyone who suffered property damage should file a claim with the city.

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[adnan1985gti]

the just dont care so sad

[Bowslingers]

You could have just backed up more and Hooked a chain from the winch and pulled it out from the side in steps.

[Mikeyg79]

@AJP402 I bet that wrecker has outriggers, it could have staged further to the other side of the street and used it's winches rather than trying to tug. It could have even moved the loader away from the truck where it could have used it's bucket to push itself out. 2 unqualified operators.

[yup703]

why not pull it the other way didnt look like any cars.

[LordJonathan420]

Rookie operator..Smashing that car to shit was unnecessary... I or any good operator would get out using the bucket...

[GiggaTeck009]

there was a parking ban at the time. the owners of the vehicles' insurance company covered the damage, however the city gave no compensation. the police officer told them to get it unstuck anyway they needed too. even if it ment hitting the other vehicles. NONTHELESS. it could have been done a hell of a lot less sloppy. please like this comment so ppl can see this

[Bigfoot17able]

This makes my anus tingle

[GrindSplatter]

@nirvana896 couldnt be more true. he obviously had no idea what he was doing and definetly should not be driving it for the city thats for dam sure.

[nirvana896]

If the operator of the loader was any good he would have just pushed himself backwards with the loader and bucket.

[Spitfire995]

i would have dragged that idiot out of the truck and shoved snow down his throat.