© Santa Ana Police DepartmentIt looks like a scene out of The Fast and Furious
movies but it’s really just a freak accident. A speeding car somehow
wound up on the second floor of a dental office after hitting a median
on the street. According to NBC Los Angeles, the accident happened around 5:25 a.m. near the intersection of French and 17th Street in Santa Ana.
Police say a white sedan was traveling northbound on French Street at
a high rate of speed, hit the raised center median on 17th and went
airborne. The car launched and landed halfway through the 2nd story. I
give him 10 points for the jump but only a seven for the landing as the
car ended up at a 45-degree angle, dangling out of the 2nd story dentist
office window.
Eyewitnesses say that the car caught fire
after plowing into the building.
The driver managed to get out of the vehicle but didn’t make it to the
ground floor. He was hanging off the bottom of the vehicle until police
arrived to help him down. Luckily, the driver and a passenger both
sustained minor injuries and no one else was hurt. In case you’re
wondering, the driver was not drunk but did admit to police that
he was using drugs. He was taken to a local hospital for observation.
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Firefighters remove car from the second floor
As of about 10 a.m. PST firefighters on the scene were
still trying to get the car out of the 2nd-floor window. Representatives
from the Public Works department were there too to examine the
structural integrity of the building after the accident. The LA County
Fire department responded to the scene in Orange County with a large
wrecker truck to help the locals remove the car.
From the pictures, it looks to me like a Nissan Altima made the jump.
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