Crime & Safety

5-Car Accident Takes Place in City Parking Facility

A witness reported to the BHPD that the driver who allegedly caused the multi-vehicle collision had been speeding.

A chain-reaction car crash involving five vehicles occurred at about 4 p.m. Saturday in the city-owned parking lot at 439 N. Canon Drive.

One witness, who asked to remain anonymous, reported to the Beverly Hills Police Department that he saw a black Audi station wagon "come flying down" the ramp to the second underground level of the parking structure. The driver of the Audi then turned left, against traffic arrows, and slammed into two parked cars that then hit two other parked vehicles. 

"I've been a police officer for 21 years and I have never seen a car accident like this—two floors down in a [subterranean] garage," BHPD Officer Don Chase said. 

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One passenger was in the Audi with the driver during the accident. There were no passengers inside any of the four parked vehicles that were involved in the crash—a Mercedes SUV, a BMW sedan, a Mercedes station wagon and a BMW SUV.

The Audi's two front airbags were deployed. The driver and passenger were overheard saying the car's brakes had failed. Neither driver nor passenger appeared to be seriously injured. 

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