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| Asbury Park Press photo |
You might not consider yourself lucky if you house survived Superstorm Sandy only to be crushed by a neighboring home, but a Highlands, NJ family might because they could have been inside at the time.
A two-story house in Highlands that was being raised tipped over on Friday, landing on top of the house next door.
No one was injured because the family who lives at the home on Locust Street is on vacation, but officials say both homes needed to be demolished for safety reasons. The home fell off the cribbing that was holding it up shortly before 11 a.m. At 3:30 p.m., crews began tearing it down, with the family’s possessions still inside.
Asbury Park Press story and video
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