GFL TRUCK DAMAGED MY PROPERTY AND DROVE AWAY
I came home from my gym today at 1 pm to discover the road in front of my house was totally blocked by several large tree limbs that had been torn off a large city maple tree on the corner of Stevens and Ridge Street.
I immediately suspected that an oversized van or truck tore the branches off my tree, and noticed that there was a significant amount of damage to OTHER limbs still on the tree. The stop sign at the intersection was sitting at an angle...looking like it had also been hit by a vehicle.
A neighbor came out and said "I have a RING doorbell...maybe it recorded the incident."
Well, it did record what happened.
At 11:45 am, a GFL garbage truck type vehicle swerved and hit the tree branches, and then drove away without leaving a note. The GFL logo is clearly visible on the side of the truck.
I called it in, and the city sent a crew to clear the street.
Sadly, they took NONE of the giant branches with them, but rather tossed them in my yard and perennial garden in my front yard. I saw them doing this, and even though they had a TRAILER, they took none of the limbs. The guy told me... "That's your responsibility. You need to cut them up." The branches are huge (see the photo).
I'm 69. I can't even LIFT branches this size. Nor do I think it fair for me to have to hire a tree service when I know it was a GFL truck that hit the tree. I filed a police report today, and left a voicemail on GFL's answering machine. read more