Flying Dodge Charger Crushed In Mid-Air By Bus Looks Like A Movie Scene

If Michael Bay saw this footage he might wonder if he’s due on set somewhere near Long Beach, California. Surveillance video from an intersection of South Street and California Avenue captured a harrowing scene Thursday. A city bus T-boned a Dodge Charger in mid-air after the sedan driver ran a stop sign. Somehow everyone survived despite both vehicles ending up crashing into a nearby building.

Police were called to the scene around 3:15 pm on Thursday and struggled initially to get an understanding of how the crash happened. The video shows the moment when the Charger blows through a stop sign, hits a bump, flies up into the air, and is then struck by the swift-moving bus. The impact caused the bus to veer off the road and crash into the front of a building.

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That two-story building impacted by the collision houses a local restaurant on the ground floor and residences above. According to authorities on the scene, a total of 14 people sustained injuries in the incident, with five of them transported to the hospital. The injuries ranged from minor to critical but were reported as stable. Firefighters had to employ the jaws of life to extricate the two passengers from the Dodge.

Two residents ended up displaced as a result of the damage but nobody in the building reported getting hurt, according to KTLA5. As crews removed the Dodge from the scene it became even more shocking that everyone survived. The mangled mess of steel is barely recognizable and ended up catching fire briefly before crews put out the blaze.

At this time there’s no word on why the Dodge driver blew the stop sign. The video suggests that they either didn’t see it at all or that they completely mistimed their ability to make it through the intersection safely. Regardless of the reason, it’s amazing that everyone involved got away with their lives.

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