CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (WHDH) – An investigation is underway in Cambridge after police said someone stole a backhoe, smashed it into multiple cars and then fled.
Officers responded at around 4 a.m. Tuesday to the area of Richdale and Hubbard avenues for a report of a backhoe hitting and damaging five cars.
“The impact pushed my car a foot over my next door neighbor’s driveway,” said Portia Battle, who called 911.
A Cambridge police officer spotted the backhoe at around 7:45 a.m. near the Graham and Parks Alternative School, which is located less than a mile away from the damaged cars. Officials recovered the backhoe in the area of Avon Hill and Linnaean streets.
“We are treating this as a crime scene,” said Cambridge Police Deputy Supt. Jack Albert. “We have detectives on scene checking for evidence that we can trace back to a backhoe.”
Police said the backhoe is owned by a company from Canton and it went missing from a construction site on New Street about a mile away.
Authorities said no one was hurt. Police are searching for suspects. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Cambridge Police Department.
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