crash_reports: 2100000465

On 06/24/21 at 09:20 hours, I (Traffic Unit 523) was dispatched to 140 Adams Street for a city motor vehicle accident involving a Waste Management truck and a parked motor vehicle. Waste Management of Mass Inc. is contracted through the City of Newton to conduct trash pickup for the residents. The weather at the time was sunny and partly cloudy with road conditions being dry. Adams Street is a public way owned and maintained by the City of Newton. On arrival, I spoke to the operator of the Waste Management Truck identified as Jose Lopes (MA D/L # S60186065). Mr. Lopes was operating (M/V # 1) a 2010 Mack Leu dump truck bearing MA. Commercial Reg. # N81671 at the time. It is a right side loading truck that picks up the trash using a double claw mechanism. Lopes states that he did a trash pickup in the driveway right before 140 Adams Street and proceeded to drive northbound on Adams Street. While doing so, the left side double claw retracted back outward after it was closed by him. The claw then struck parked M/V # 2 which was parked in a legal spot in front of 140 Adams Street. The claw struck the driver's side rear bumper/taillight area and scraped along until the driver's side rear passenger door. Mr. Lopes then stopped the truck after noticing. This caused scrapes and dents to the rear bumper, rear quarter panel, and the rear door to that driver's side area. After, I was showed that the truck's claw feature was having mechanical failure as mentioned above. The claw was manually pushed in and secured. The truck was then put out of service. M/V # 2 is a 2013 Jeep Compass color blue bearing MA reg. # 3055GB. The owner Joseph Cedrone (MA D/L # S50190711) was parked and inside his vehicle at the time of the accident. No injuries were reported by him. Digital photos taken of the scene.