Watch: In a bizarre achievement, a man managed to crash his car into the first floor of a building
Harry Potter and Ron Weasley would have been in so much trouble if it had been them. But this was real life.
Maybe this is what might have happened when Harry Potter and Ron Weasley took an invisible flying car for a spin. But while that would have been special effects, this is real life.
In a bizarre incident on January 14, a speeding car is presumed to have soared through the air and plowed into the first floor of a building, which happened to be a dental office, where it got stuck. Thankfully no one was badly injured in the accident.
Here is the CCTV footage, followed by the dashcam footage from another car:
#UPDATE: Dashboard cam shows the car getting airborne and flying into the second floor of a building in Orange County. https://t.co/W4qJsTHmot pic.twitter.com/jgZjOOJ6Bf
— NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea) January 16, 2018
The crash occurred slightly before 5:30 AM near the intersection of French and 17th streets in Santa Ana, California, according to the Santa Ana Police Department. The driver of the white sedan, name undisclosed, was driving at high speed when the car hit a raised median on the road and became airborne. The Nissan Altima flew across the road without encountering any other vehicles and rammed into the building, also causing a small fire on impact.
According to Daniel Sanchez, a witness, the driver managed to get out of the vehicle, but remained dangling from the bottom of the car until rescue crews helped him down. The passenger in the vehicle, too, was rescued soon. “It was crazy, it really was,” Sanchez told NBC Los Angeles.
This video by RT shows the details of what happened afterwards:
The driver later admitted to being under the influence of narcotics and was rushed to a hospital along with the passenger, with what turned out to be minor injuries. The Orange County Fire Authority, meanwhile, posted images of the unbelievable scene on Twitter that quickly went viral:
OCFA on scene in SANTA ANA of a vehicle into a building. One person still trapped inside the vehicle. pic.twitter.com/sWmtovu0Kd
— OCFA PIO (@OCFA_PIO) January 14, 2018
OCFA in Santa Ana with a vehicle that crashed into the second floor of a small Office building. The vehicle hit the center divider and went airborne and landed into the building. One person self extricated, the other person is still trapped in the vehicle. USAR from OCFA On scene pic.twitter.com/Lm5b4oyCIm
— OCFA PIO (@OCFA_PIO) January 14, 2018
Of course, online humorists jumped right in to poke fun at the incident, comparing the incident to Harry Potter and Grand Theft Auto, taking digs at Salman Khan and more.
Did Harry and Ron take the car again? pic.twitter.com/p9pFtGmAYY
— KC Ray (@kxoxo25) January 14, 2018
Mrs. Weasley told Ron not to take out the flying car and now look what happened https://t.co/bSsWrdAj2G
— jāmes (@jameswaneis) January 14, 2018
They missed platform 9-3/4
— Jon Russo (@Jonrusso0311) January 14, 2018
Oonchi hai building, Lift teri bandh hai.
— Abhíshek Bishoyì 👑 (@imAB_007) January 15, 2018
Salman Khan - OK pic.twitter.com/JqMuvMeNXp
Left, Right, Left, Left, Triangle, Circle, Circle, Square, Down, Down, Up - Flying Car Mode Activated #GTA3 https://t.co/mPdvekZ57O
— Loleni Taufetee (@Lolenii) January 14, 2018
- bae come over
— Игареха (@iceking_kpst) January 15, 2018
- I can’t. I’m in flying car and can’t land it
- my parents aren’t home
- pic.twitter.com/0fTsO8sZxr
Impressive parking job! 😆
— doug tsutsui 🌀 (@kingsfanone) January 15, 2018
Did they have clearance from Air Traffic Control.
— tim stuart (@timstuart7) January 14, 2018
When you have to be home by 10 and it's 9:58 lmao
— Fredrick (@freddyrobles29) January 14, 2018