crash_reports: 22000598

Operator of vehicle one stated that while passing parked vehicle two the right side of the his vehicle scraped up against vehicle two's front driver's side bumper. Vehicle two was a City of Newton DPW truck that was parked in front of 367 Albemarle Rd waiting to block off the street for the Fourth of July fireworks at Albemarle field. Vehicle one's operator stated that he could not pull to the side of the road after the crash because of heavy traffic due to the Fourth of July activities in the area. He did stop at his residence approximately two blocks from the crash area. Vehicle one had damage to the passenger side front and rear as well as the rear bumper. None of the occupants of vehicle one stated that they were injured. The owner of vehicle one had concerns about the amount of room that the DPW tuck took up on the roadway. It should be noted that a City of Newton DPW worker measured out the length of the roadway from the truck's front bumper to the grass line and it was 11 1/2 feet. According to the General Motors web site the width of vehicle one is 6 feet 7 inches. Operator of vehicle two stated that he was sitting in the driver side of the truck when vehicle one passenger side scraped up against it, and that he was not injured. Vehicle two front bumper had damage to it. It took photos of both vehicles and forward the disk to the NPD's IT Bureau for downloading. I issued operator of vehicle one MA Uniform Citation T 3045462 and cited him for a violation of City of Newton Ordnance 19/75 failure to use care while passing. Albemarle Rd is a public way in the City of Newton.