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Mercedes Making Illegal U-Turn Caused Car To Crash Into Canal Street Store
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John Del Signore
Published Aug 22, 2012
Modified Aug 30, 2012
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Published Aug 22, 2012
Modified Aug 30, 2012
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So yesterday's incident where a car crashed into a Canal Street tourist store, sending the driver to the hospital and wrecking the business? Police and witnesses tell the Post that it occurred when "a black Mercedes making an illegal U-turn clipped a green Subaru in the rear."
The incident occurred around 5:30 p.m. yesterday afternoon. A witness says after the Subaru was clipped, its driver "started having a seizure and her foot was still on the gas." She then jumped the curb and the car went into the store. The driver was taken to Bellevue Hospital.
The Post adds, "A man and woman in the Mercedes fled the scene but later returned and were taken into custody, cops added. Charges were pending."
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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