Classes are canceled at this South Florida school. A car plowed into the building

Students attending a West Palm Beach technical college can jump right back into bed. All of Monday’s classes are canceled following a freak accident.

A car plowed through a Health Care Institute building, 1764 N. Congress Ave., according to CBS 12. Pictures show a destroyed car being towed away, the building extensively damaged.

“There has been an accident on campus that has forced us to close the building until further inspections,” HCI College wrote on Facebook.

The technical school says no one was injured and it expects classes to resume Tuesday.

“We will work with each student to ensure this time is made up before the upcoming semester,” the post reads.

It’s still unclear what caused the crash.

The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office and HCI College did not immediately respond for comment.

Students with questions can contact their instructor or call the school at 561-586-0121.

This story was originally published August 19, 2019 at 7:59 AM.

Michelle Marchante

Miami Herald

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Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida and also the City of Coral Gables. Before that, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, crime, education, entertainment and other topics in South Florida for the Herald as a breaking news reporter. She recently won first place in the health reporting category in the 2025 Sunshine State Awards for her coverage of Steward Health’s bankruptcy. An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald’s breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse. Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2025 National Press Foundation Covering Workplace Mental Health fellow and a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow.  Support my work with a digital subscription