VIDEO: Snowplows Take Out 75 Mailboxes in New Jersey Town

MANALAPAN, NJ - The snow was falling Tuesday morning when, at about 10 a.m., Manalapan resident Andrew Hartung got a text from his neighbor.

"He said 'Go look at your mailbox.'" Sure enough, Hartung found his mailbox had been flattened to the ground by a passing snowplow. It wasn't until later, when he reviewed his home's security footage, that he saw just how fast that municipal snowplow was going when he plowed right through. Turns out Hartung wasn't the only victim: Snowplows employed by Manalapan took out an incredible 50 to 75 other mailboxes during Tuesday's nor'easter, the Township admitted.

"On Wednesday I called the Township and finally the public works department gets back to me, saw the video and pretty much admitted it was their fault," said Hartung, who lives on Thoreau Drive behind Taylors Mills school. "There were 10 other mailboxes taken out just in my development alone. The town overall said 50 to 75 mailboxes total. That's insane."

"Unfortunately, when you're plowing something that heavy, regardless of your speed, it's going to knock stuff over," Manalapan's Department of Public Works Director Alan Spector told NJ 101.5. The Township will reimburse all affected homeowners $50 for the damage.

But Hartung isn't buying it.

"Come on. There were 3-4 inches of snow on the ground and you saw how fast that guy was going. What if there had been kids playing in the snow near there?" he said. And this isn't the first time: The same thing happened last winter, when yet another municipal plow took out his mailbox, he said.

"First, let me say I have all respect for these guys. I know they have a hard job plowing," said Hartung. "But come on, these are your neighbors' homes, show a little more respect. The Township has to be held a little more accountable than just $50 per mailbox. That isn't enough to cover the damage."

Manalapan Mayor Susan Cohen told New Jersey 101.5: “I am aware of the video and we have our Department of Public Works looking into it to see how fast he was actually going and what actually happened.”