crash_reports: 2100000897

On Wednesday at approximately 1132 hours while assigned to marked unit n499 I was dispatched to the intersection of Arnold Rd. and Greenwood Street for a report of a construction vehicle that took down a tree and was blocking the Road. Upon arrival I observed a large city tree on top of a box truck owned by 1-800-got junk completely blocking Greenwood Street. Newton Forestry responded to the scene and removed the tree from the vehicle and from the Road. Prior to the tree being cleared I spoke with the operator of the truck, SWEET Massimo, who states he was travelling Southbound on Greenwood Street toward Dedham Street when he attempted to pull to the side of the road. Prior to making it to the side of the road the top of the truck struck the city tree that was leaning over the roadway.tearing it from its roots and landing on top of the truck. My observations indicate that the tree would have been leaning over the roadway as SWEET's tires were still in the roadway when the tree was struck. SWEET states the vehicle has a dash camera that records and cold be accessed at a later date by the owner of the company. Five pictures were taken of the crash scene and emailed to policerecords@newtonma.gov.