LATE MONDAY NIGHT, A NEW ORLEANS MAN INEXPLICABLY drove his car through the barrier wall on the top floor of a 6-story parking garage. The car which was carrying the driver and a female passenger, both apparently in their mid-twenties, dropped four stories landing on the roof of a 2-story office building. The Associated Press has this video report:
The cinder block wall was 4 ft. high and 18 inches thick, and there was no indication of any attempt to brake or avoid the collision. The car struck the wall with enough force to deploy the air bags before it did an in-air flip and landed on its roof.
WWL-TV
The New Orleans firefighters and EMS workers were able to reach the two trapped passengers easily through the windows of an adjoining building.
WWL-TV
Both passengers are in critical condition and the police have not yet been able to interview them. The law firm that occupies the building that has the car on its roof has a real problem with getting it removed. It is in an area surrounded by connecting buildings, preventing bringing a crane in to remove it. A crane company was taking measurements yesterday to see if its feasible to set up a crane in the street out front and reach over a 4-story building to pluck the car out. The street itself may be too narrow to allow that operation, though.
WDSU
WWL-TV has the story and a good video report HERE.
