Two hurt after car plows into wall and falls from second-floor parking deck, officials say
A white sedan plowed through the wall of a second-story landing, fell more than 10-feet and landed upside down on the street below Wednesday, according to Miami Fire Rescue.
The two two women inside were pulled from the wreckage by good Samaritans and then taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center.
The accident happened before 11:30 a.m. at 5757 SW Eighth St. The car landed in front of the Aromas del Peru restaurant.
It was not clear what caused the crash. Miami police is investigating.
Miami Fire Rescue Lt. Pete Sanchez said calls came in reporting a car V. a building. When rescuers arrived they found the mangled sedan and the women sitting on the sidewalk. The airbags in the car had been deployed.
“They went through the wall and onto the sidewalk,” Sanchez said.
The department’s technical rescue team responded to assessed the building. The area where the wall now has a hole has been cordoned off.
Sanchez said one of the woman was taken to Ryder by Miami Fire Rescue and did not appear to have life-threatening injuries. The other woman was transported by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and the extent of her injuries was not immediately known.
No one else was injured in the accident.
“Luckily no one was on the sidewalk,” Sanchez said.
