Car drives off private stairway in San Francisco, flips onto street below
Surveillance video captured a wild crash in San Francisco that shows a car launching over a stairwell and flipping onto a tree in the street below.
A car full of people drove off a public stairwell in San Francisco Saturday evening, flipping through the air and crushing a tree before crashing onto its roof on the street below.
Surveillance video showed the vehicle driving through a dead end on Cumberland Street around 7 p.m. and flying over the Sanchez Street Stairs onto Sanchez and 19th streets.
San Francisco Fire officials called the incident a "non-injury collision," stating that witnesses told first responders that "all the occupants fled the scene."
Video showed bystanders rushing to help those inside the car, which had crashed on its roof. It appeared at least four occupants exited the vehicle before they all suddenly fled back up the stairwell.
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The vehicle drove through the dead end on Cumberland Street around 7 p.m. and flying over the Sanchez Street Stairs onto Sanchez and 19th streets.
Witnesses told FOX2 KTVU that the vehicle was carjacked, with one saying, "It looked like a scene out of ‘Dukes of Hazzard.’"
Bystanders rushed to help the occupants inside the vehicle.
Another witness told KGO-TV that the occupants said something that caught his attention.
San Francisco Fire officials called the incident a "non-injury collision." Witnesses stated that all occupants exited the vehicle and fled. (San Francisco Fire Department)
"One phrase that I still remember was like, 'We got three minutes. We need to run!' Bunch of stuff came out of the car," a witness named Giorgi told the outlet. "I saw, I think, two tasers and then the cops in the end. They also found a gun."
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The San Francisco Police Department told Fox News Digital that authorities have yet to locate the occupants of the vehicle and did not elaborate on whether any crime was committed.
Police told local news outlets that they are searching for the occupants who were inside the vehicle. (FOX2 San Francisco KTVU)
Police said the investigation remains active and ongoing.
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