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Video: Dash Cam Catches Scary Queens Car Wash Crash
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Rebecca Fishbein
Published Dec 25, 2014
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Leaving your car at a garage or parking lot can be a gamble sometimes. And one Lexus owner learned this the hard way recently when a Queens car wash employee accidentally totaled his car—and the whole incident was caught on the vehicle's dashboard camera.
The Daily News reports that the following video, first seen on Jalopnik, was taken at a car wash in Long Island City in November. The employee behind the wheel reportedly accidentally stepped on the gas pedal, shooting through four lanes of traffic after it narrowly missed striking a pedestrian.
You can skip ahead to 2:50 for impact, or sit through the whole video for the full experience.
The car sustained significant damage in the crash, as evidenced by a second video uploaded by the Lexus's owner:
Well, at least it's clean!
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