A delivery truck was parked outside the Waldorf Hotel today on 50th between Park and Madison Avenues about 9:00 a.m. The driver was inside the hotel loading dock waiting to make a delivery when his truck began to roll downhill toward Madison Avenue. As the driverless truck reached Madison Avenue the light turned green so the runaway truck crossed the intersection with the light. Fortunately, there were no pedestrians walking against the light. The van proceeded across 50th street toward Lexington about one-half block before coming to a halt by crashing into scaffolding at the W hotel. The police immediately blocked off 50th street. Because the van had hit the scaffolding, the van could not be removed until the scaffolding could be reinforced and stabilized.
The poor driver must have been shocked to walk out of the loading dock to discover that his truck was missing. I would have loved to heard him on the phone with his boss trying to explain that situation.
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