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MILFORD, Massachusetts ( WCVB ) -- Police in Milford, Massachusetts, say it is a "miracle no one was killed or seriously injured" after a 60,000-pound front-end loader barreled down a hill into traffic after its brakes failed.

On Friday at approximately 1:38 p.m., Milford police received multiple 911 calls reporting that a large front-end loader had crashed on Cedar Street.

Videos show the yellow piece of heavy equipment rolling down a hill on Fortune Boulevard towards a busy intersection with Cedar Street. It clips the front end of an SUV then rolls over a traffic island and street signs before crashing into a traffic pole, which finally stops the vehicle. A man can be seen in the loader's cab trying to steer the runaway behemoth away from traffic

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