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Speeding SUV crashes into roof of St. Louis home
KMOV TV 4 ^ | Jul 16, 2017, updated Jul 17, 2017 | Mike Bauer, Marielle Mohs

Posted on 07/17/2017 6:41:16 PM PDT by Da Bilge Troll

Fire crews were called to a bizarre scene in St. Louis' Walnut Park West neighborhood on Sunday, where a car became trapped in the roof of a house.

The incident happened around 1 p.m. in the 5900 block of Lillian. According to the St. Louis Fire Department, no one was in the house at the time of the accident, but one person was trapped inside of the car.

The St. Louis Fire Department said in a Facebook post that one person was rescued from the vehicle and taken to an area hospital in critical condition.

Larry Davis witnessed exactly how it unfolded.

"I'll tell you I've never seen anything like that in my life...and I probably won't ever see it again," said Davis.

He said it happened just after he got out of church on Sunday morning, which is located at the corner of that intersection. He started going Facebook Live on the scene. Davis explained to News 4 that the car was driving at high speed down Mimika Ave.

"The car was going pretty fast, maybe 80-90 mph," said Davis. Once the SUV hit the T-intersection of Mimika Ave. & Lillian Ave., the vehicle drove over the curb, up the small hill or terrace of land in front of the house and launched into the air, landing on the roof of a residential home.

"He never took his foot off the gas. You could tell, he never took his foot off the gas," said Davis. Davis described the unidentified driver as a male in his 40s.

"He was just happy to be alive. You could tell he had a couple of broken bones. It was visible, a lot of blood," said Davis.

The St. Louis Fire Department said the driver was trapped in his car for about an hour before he was extricated. The SUV sat on the roof for another 3 hours, before a towing company pulled it down.

The owner of the home told News 4 he was at the gym when his neighbor called and said, "Bruce, you got to get back here." Bruce said he is in disbelief but in great spirits. He also said everyone from first responders to the Red Cross has been great in trying to help him out. Neighbors said this is not the first time a vehicle has ended up in this same yard.

"This is the second time it's happened since I've been here for 6 months," said Angelo Bridges, who lives across the street from the crash. Both he and Davis said the intersection sees reckless driving all the time.

"People just speeding, not stopping for stop signs," said Bridges. "Our church fence has damage from a car accident that happened just a few weeks ago, but I've never seen anybody come that fast," said Davis. The city placed a fourth stop sign at this intersection after the first crash last month, but since the second one, the neighbors say that's not enough to prevent the problem. "They need to put some speed bumps or something down," said Bridges.


TOPICS: Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: automotive; chat; crash; localnews; missouri; roof; stlouis; suv
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1 posted on 07/17/2017 6:41:16 PM PDT by Da Bilge Troll
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To: Da Bilge Troll
Image result for St. Louis' Walnut Park West suv crash
2 posted on 07/17/2017 6:45:48 PM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary, the REAL Russia-US scandal (UraniumOne Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes) See my home page)
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To: Da Bilge Troll

Yeah, this is something we would have done at 18. Actually, I think we did. I just remember a couple of cars getting wrecked and being up on two wheels a lot. But it was for a Blues Brothers purpose. We were on a mission from God.


3 posted on 07/17/2017 6:52:15 PM PDT by Viking2002 ("If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck." - John Steinbeck)
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To: Da Bilge Troll

The General Lee would have cleared it!


4 posted on 07/17/2017 6:59:22 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: Da Bilge Troll

Dang flying SUV’s!!


5 posted on 07/17/2017 7:01:22 PM PDT by mylife (the roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: Dr. Sivana

LOL! The goode olde daze!


6 posted on 07/17/2017 7:03:52 PM PDT by TaMoDee (Go Pack Go! The Pack will be back in 2017!)
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To: Da Bilge Troll

Dude caught the handrail. Skaters do it the other way down, and call it grinding.

Lousy plant.


7 posted on 07/17/2017 7:04:33 PM PDT by mylife (the roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: Da Bilge Troll

More people are gonna want to try it!


8 posted on 07/17/2017 7:07:48 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: Da Bilge Troll

Zoom zoom zoom!


9 posted on 07/17/2017 7:10:15 PM PDT by W. (What's crackin', bitch? Har!)
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To: ETL

Pretty poor job of parking.


10 posted on 07/17/2017 7:11:27 PM PDT by boycott
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Hard to believe even at 90 mph


11 posted on 07/17/2017 7:14:29 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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>>Pretty poor job of parking.<<

Good spots are hard to find.


12 posted on 07/17/2017 7:15:27 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (The Civil Rights movement compared content of their character to skin color and chose the latter)
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To: boycott

The driver wasn’t supposed to give any deposition related to the Clinton Foundation was he?


13 posted on 07/17/2017 7:18:43 PM PDT by blackdog
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To: Da Bilge Troll

Can’t blame this one on the Blue’s Brothers!


14 posted on 07/17/2017 7:19:18 PM PDT by EnglishOnly (Fight all out to win OR get out now.)
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To: Viking2002

It’s funny how some of us FReepers have stories from our youths that would absolutely shock and appall some of the other FReepers, yet we tend to all get along just fine (with maybe a few exceptions).


15 posted on 07/17/2017 7:19:32 PM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((( The "Russia collusion" clowns make the worst birthers look perfectly reasonable. ))))
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To: blackdog

It appears that he may have attempted Arkanside.


16 posted on 07/17/2017 7:21:25 PM PDT by boycott
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To: boycott

It was a botched drive by robbery.


17 posted on 07/17/2017 7:23:38 PM PDT by blackdog
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To: Da Bilge Troll

http://www.ocregister.com/2017/06/18/truck-crashes-into-yorba-linda-home-killing-2/


18 posted on 07/17/2017 7:25:43 PM PDT by Pelham (Liberate California. Deport Mexico Now)
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To: Two Kids' Dad

My brother at the age of 13 took my grandmothers car out for a joy ride and didn’t quite make the roof, but did get full breach access into the living room of an unsuspecting neighbor. My brother cut lawns for three years to pay her back for the Rambler Wagon. I think my parents paid for the damage to the house. They didn’t speak two words to him for years so I think so.


19 posted on 07/17/2017 7:28:18 PM PDT by blackdog
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To: Da Bilge Troll

Could have been a lot worse.
Two killed in Indiana when car crashes into house.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3569310/posts


20 posted on 07/17/2017 7:34:28 PM PDT by oldvirginian (Government is at best a necessary evil, at worst a millstone around the neck of the citizenry.)
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