Driver slams into Roman Catholic High
The Philadelphia Daily News - PhillyConfidential
Driver slams into Roman Catholic High
A woman caused a three-car accident before slamming into Roman Catholic High School at Broad and Vine streets Tuesday evening.
The female driver was driving southbound on Broad Street toward Vine during rush hour when she sideswiped an All City Taxi just after 6 p.m.
Mesfin Abera had just dropped-off a passenger when a woman driving a black ford Expedition scratched the side of his taxi.
“I was in the middle lane. She was in the left when she started hitting my car,” Abera said adding that he stopped his car when he was hit a second time. “When she didn’t look at me, I knew she wasn’t good. I was scared.”
The woman then stepped on the gas and smacked into the back of a silver SUV, he said.
“It looked like she was trying to get pass the cab,” said Tom, 49, of New Jersey who only provided his first name. “She smashed into me and I smashed into him,” he said gesturing to a man standing beside him.
“I just wanted to get out the way,” he said. “I looked into my rearview mirror and thought Oh my God.”
The driver then sped across northbound lanes, over the curb and crashed into the school. No one inside of Roman High heard the crash and classes had let out at 2:45 p.m., a school official said.
Concerned citizens rushed to the vehicle after it crashed to see if the driver was OK. The woman was pulled from the vehicle and taken to Hahnemann University Hospital by medics where her condition was not yet known. The woman shouted “Oh my God. What’s going on?” as she was taken out of the vehicle.
None of the other drivers was injured.
Police are still investigating the incident.
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use this video when they sue the hell out of her...yeah she didnt know what was going on because she probably didnt have insurance— mathieuobrien- Oh my God whats going on? Your insurance rates just went up, if you had it to begin with after all it is Philly!— 420-24-7
- Sounds like the rapture to me.— Pundit
- re: Get your Jumbo...i'm sure he's sending in that sales tax too, right?— PhillySteve21
- What a stupid fat pig piece of trash— Capsulef
- Clear reminder of what sort of geniuses may be behind the wheel of 3-ton missles. Be careful out there; drive and pedestriate cautiously!— Wilton Cabbage
- i am with Bob
— Handthatcreates - There's no question that she was on her cell phone !!! I drive by that intersection everyday for that last 20 years and you have to be totally out of control there to hit that side of a building!!!!!!!!! Come on either she is a non driver or she was cutting others off the road and someone else did a better job on her then she did !— Foxchase
- Just funny, monkeys have imposable thumbs, but can't talk and drive at the same time. Sorry, it goes for all of us, drop the cell and pay attention. F race.— Handthatcreates
- Take her car and her license away. For good.— farhorizons
- She prolly watches The View and Oprah.— Disco Dave
She dropped her crack pipe.— ZOSO
Damn, that North Philly crack must be da bomb!- Oh good, one less SUV on the road.— suporma
