Later on Monday evening, may 6, in new York, the driver of the car lost control and crashed into a two-storey building, which caused its collapse.
As reported by the Fire Department of new York (FDNY), the incident occurred at about 23.30 hours on 496 Avenue P near East 5th Street in Midwood (borough of Brooklyn).
According to police, 20-year-old driver (name not yet released) crashed into a building that led to its partial collapse. It is unknown at what speed the driver flew into the building.
One patient with a non-life threatening injury transported to hospital from building collapse on Ave P in Brooklyn. pic.twitter.com/MVzzU9hAgF
— FDNY (@FDNY) May 7, 2019
The young man was able to get out from under the wreckage and tried to flee the scene, but was detained by officers of the district patrol until the police took him into custody. The police added that the perpetrator of the accident was taken to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries. It is unclear, proposed to have the driver any prosecution.
More than 100 firefighters and rescuers worked at the scene, examining the wreckage and looking for residents.
It is known that on the second floor was living quarters, and first was used for business. Fortunately, the residents of the house were not injured, and in the «commercial» part of the building at the time of the collapse was no one.
«It was really loud. Sounded like an explosion, told the New York Post an eyewitness, Jose Ramirez, who lives next door. — I went downstairs and went outside to see what happened, and we saw that the building collapsed. We were in shock. It is a miracle that people have not suffered».
