City worker ticketed for careless driving after sanding truck smashes into 3 parked cars

A City of Calgary employee has been issued a ticket for careless driving after his sanding truck smashed into three parked cars in the early hours of Dec. 31.

A dramatic home security video shows the crash, which happenedaround 1 a.m. Monday in the southeast Calgary community of Legacy.

Calgary sanding truck plows into parked cars

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A home security camera captured the moment a City of Calgary sanding truck hit three parked cars on Dec. 31, 2018.

Nobody was hurt, but the collision was a close call, happeningjust minutes after a family had been sitting inside one of the vehicles.

All three vehicleshit by the sander aChevy Tahoe, a Jeep and a Honda Civic were totalled.

Police said alcohol and drugs are not considered factors in the crash, and no other charges are pending against the 29-year-old driver.

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