Video: NJ Car Dealership Deals With Insane Flooding Fallout

Last weekend, there was flash flooding all around the tri-state area, but the worst of it may have come in parts of New Jersey. Whether a higher deity wanted to cleanse the land of automobiles or just give Bruce Springsteen some motivation to finish his next album, the flooding led to a massive carmaggedon in Little Falls, in which dozens of vehicles were swept away from a local car dealership.

Altogether, 42 vehicles were swept away due to flood waters across Harrison Street, which Gov. Phil Murphy said was one of the hardest-hit streets in the area; around five inches of rain fell on Saturday, with Murphy declaring a state of emergency as a result. Locals were upset that when the cars started piling up one each other, they inadvertently created a makeshift dam that diverted water to the streets and flooded homes around the river.

"There is no doubt that there was a wave created by the blockage of those vehicles under Route 46," said Woodland Park Mayor Keith Kazmark.

Frank Esposito, owner of the Route 46 Chrysler Jeep Dodge where the carmaggeddon took place, told NBC4 that while he sympathizes with angry locals, "I didn't cause it. I was a byproduct of it." He doesn't believe the cars formed a dam, and he thinks people are being unfair to his dealership: "If the water was dammed, it would have gone over the top of the bridge," he said. "It never did."

"There's nothing I could have done any different that could have changed that," he added.