SAN FRANCISCO — In a scene that looked as if it came from a blockbuster action movie, a viral video showed a car flying off a street Saturday, crashing in spectacular fashion over a long staircase and landing on its roof — before the people inside the car appear to climb out of the wreckage and flee the scene.
The crash was captured on video posted on social media. Authorities said there were no reports of injuries on the street, and that the car’s occupants all fled the scene before rescuers arrived, making it impossible to determine if they were hurt in the crash.
Unreal footage: SF resident captures epic car crash at 19th St & Sanchez from multiple angles.
Source: https://t.co/BiqwgJzoot pic.twitter.com/trTwTBLCxf
— FriscoLive415 (@friscolive415) July 23, 2023
The crash happened about 7:20 p.m. at Sanchez and 19th streets, San Francisco police said.
Video taken from two different sources shows the white four-door mid-sized car driving southbound on Sanchez Street, which ends before it intersects 19th Street. Pedestrians can walk up or down a large set of stairs connecting the two streets on a hill.
The car careens down Sanchez Street, not appearing to brake as it crashes through the barrier. The video switches to another perspective — a Nest camera, mounted across 19th Street – and the vehicle’s spectacular crash down the hill unfolds.
The car launches off the hill, crashes down over the stairs and several trees, points straight down into the hillside and strikes the ground, flips end-over-end, and falls onto the 19th Street sidewalk, crushing more trees and coming to a rest only inches from a parked car.
A bystander rushes over, pulling at the doors of the now-upside-down car to get at the people inside and shouting for others to call 9-1-1. One person emerges, then another; after a few minutes, the two of them run up the staircase and out of view.
Another person comes out of the car’s back seat and appears to be pulling another person out of the car; someone can be heard shouting “I’m sorry” repeatedly, while another person cries out in apparent pain before the video ends.
Police asked anyone with information to call contact them at 415-575-4444. Anonymous tips can be texted to TIP411 beginning the message with SFPD.
Source: www.mercurynews.com