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Old 04-29-10, 09:36 AM
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More info: (Driver was 67 years old)

Downtown workers got a surprise Wednesday when they stepped outside to see a white Mercedes sticking out of a top level of the Bank of America building's parking garage at Sixth Street and Boulder Avenue.

The car broke through the building's exterior wall from the seventh floor of the parking garage about 2 p.m. Wednesday. Debris rained down to a parking lot below, damaging several cars.

No injuries were reported.

Police said the car was in reverse on the other side of the parking garage when the driver's foot got stuck on the gas pedal. He wasn't able to stop before the car crashed through the wall.

Scores of workers from nearby buildings came out to see the sight and take pictures with their cell phones.

Mary Barnes, an Arvest Bank employee, found that the roof and windows of her dark gray 2008 Toyota Corolla had been smashed by the falling debris. She was shocked to see what had happened.

"It still felt new to me," she said of her car.

She said insurance, whether hers or the other driver's, should take care of the damage to her car.

"Basically, everything has been damaged but the back bumper," Barnes said.

Officials were able to drive the Mercedes back into the parking garage because the back wheels were not completely outside the building.

A sheet of plywood covered the hole in the building Wednesday evening.
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Old 04-29-10, 09:40 AM
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definately a C class, this was posted in a w204 forum. He must have been going at some considerable speed reversing.
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Old 04-29-10, 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by STIG
if it was a TOYOTA, the headline would be different and it would be on CNN. I tell you.
Exactly what I was thinking!
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Old 04-29-10, 10:36 AM
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damn.. that guy is lucky haha it must been really dangerous but it was funny at first..
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Old 04-29-10, 10:44 AM
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jeez he must have floored it if he went through the wall like that lmao
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Old 04-29-10, 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by oohpapi44
More info: (Driver was 67 years old)
Old driver? Surprise surprise
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Old 04-29-10, 10:56 AM
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One thing I just thought of, she really wanted to get out of the Bank before it failed
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Old 04-29-10, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by RXSF
definately a C class, this was posted in a w204 forum. He must have been going at some considerable speed reversing.
Yes, saw it there yesterday.
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Old 04-29-10, 12:59 PM
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looks like a nice benz. Lucky.....very lucky
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Old 04-29-10, 01:02 PM
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the benz looks completely fine for having gone thru a brick wall.
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Old 04-29-10, 01:13 PM
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looking at how intact the car is, i can't imagine the speed being anything crazy. looks like a very weak wall honestly
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Old 04-29-10, 01:18 PM
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hahhaa, showed this news to my wife and her reply was --

surprised it's a "he"
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Old 04-29-10, 01:20 PM
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yea wall looks weak, probably like knocking over a stack of bricks
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Old 04-29-10, 02:06 PM
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Ahhh, across the street from my work. Glad it was a loaner

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Mercedes....terrible unintended acceleration, but in reverse.
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