West Miami, FL : 1 critically injured Car crashes into West Miami store on Tuesday afternoon, August 5, 2014
A man is in critical condition after a car accidentally crashed through the front of a South Florida business.
The vehicle crashed through the front of the Belleza Femenina store located on Southwest Eighth Street and 62nd Avenue in West Miami, Tuesday afternoon. "I just heard the big loud noise behind me like all the windows just started crashing down cause there was one, two, three," said store clerk César Vaca.
Vaca was dressing a mannequin near the window when the crash happened. Surveillance video captured him running away as the Nissan Murano crashed into the store.
A man walking along the outside of the store was seriously injured. "He landed under the car," said Vaca. "We had to push the car up."
"That person is currently in critical condition at Jackson Trauma Center," said Miami-Dade Police Sgt. David Greenwald.
According to witnesses, the victim looked grave and had lost a lot of blood at the scene.
Hours after the incident, employees were seen cleaning up debris from the scene. The store has put up shutters on their windows, but it remains open.
Police continue to investigate and have not charged the driver at this time.
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Car crashes into West Miami store; 1 critically injured