Elderly Man Suffers Medical Episode, Crashes His Car Into Pole in Crown Heights

by CrownHeights.info

Scary is the best word to describe the events leading up to a crash in Crown Heights Monday evening after an elderly man suffered a medical episode and careened into a pole in Crown Heights.

Video footage of the incident shows the man driving his vehicle on Sterling Street near the corner of Brooklyn Ave around 6:00pm as he careens onto the sidewalk and hits a building, before swinging around and slamming into a pole.

The force of the impact ripped the metal light pole out of its housing and sent it tumbling into the same building struck by the car, smashing a window in the process.

The video footage shows a miracle of the moment as a pedestrian jumped out of the way of the out-of-control car just moments before being struck.

Hatzalah and 911 were immediately called and the driver rushed to the hospital with visible injuries.