1 Dead, 5 Injured After Stolen Car Driver Slams Into Building and Causes Collapse

Photo: Baltimore Police

At least one person is dead and 5 other people injured following a suspected stolen vehicle crash inBaltimoreWednesday night, which resulted in a building collapsing.

The crash, which police say happened around 9 p.m. local time, took place after the vehicle’s driver “fled from officers” when approached, theBaltimore Police Departmentshared with PEOPLE.

After the collapse, a 54-year-old man was pulled from debris and pronounced dead on the scene, while five other people (all occupants of the two vehicles) were transported to local hospitals with their conditions currently unknown. The man who died was a pedestrian.

His name has not yet been released.

Baltimore Police

“I actually watched the car fly up the street, doing about 70,” one local told CBS Baltimore. “… I’m not sure if it hit the guy actually, but it hit the building. Just a boom, it brung everybody out of their homes.”

“We’ll look at all the body-worn cameras and any other video to see what in fact happened that caused the vehicle to take off and cause this accident,” a police official said Wednesday night, per CBS Baltimore.

Wednesday’s crash comes nearly a month after aUniversity of Georgia football playerand team staff member were killed in a car accident following the team’s national championship victory celebration in January.

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The 2021 Ford Expedition that LeCroy was driving hit two power poles and trees after it left the road, while Willock died at the scene and LeCroy later died at the hospital, police said at the time. Two other passengers sustained injuries in the crash.

source: people.com