Fleeing car crashes causes building to collapse in Baltimore, Maryland | Video
Wild footage has been released of a car involved in a police chase losing control and crashing into a building, causing the structure to partially collapse and leaving one pedestrian dead.
Several others were injured in the February 8 incident in Baltimore, Maryland.
The Baltimore Police Department said a pedestrian was transported to Johns Hopkins Hospital in critical condition after a car crashed into a house on East North Avenue and North Wolfe Street, Fox Baltimore reported.
Videos taken at the scene showed more than 40 firefighters, emergency personnel and at least four fire trucks assisting to clear bricks and debris from the building.
At least two people were believed to be buried under the building.
The crash took place shortly before 9pm, according to local news outlet WBAL.
According to the report, authorities pulled two sedans – one black and one red – from the rubble at approximately 10.30pm. They were subsequently towed away.
Now, disturbing footage released by the Maryland Office of the Attorney-General shows the black sedan speeding down the road and colliding with the red vehicle, causing both to spin out of control and crash into the building.
Two pedestrians appear to be struck – one is flung several metres along the pavement, while the other appears to be wedged between the two cars as the building collapses on top of them.
Bodycam footage also shows an officer approaching the black sedan with his gun drawn, with a person in the rear holding their hands up in the window.
Five Baltimore County Fire Department EMS Units also responded to the scene, according to the Baltimore firefighters union.
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Baltimore Banner reporter Justin Fenton confirmed that firefighters safely rescued one victim, who was carried away on a stretcher.
Baltimore Sun reporter Dan Belson reported the sole deceased victim was a male.
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