jnelsoninjax Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ? A vehicle being chased by police slammed into a downtown Kansas City building where vintage cars were being stored Thursday, causing the structure to partially collapse and sending at least one vehicle plummeting to the ground from the second floor.Police Capt. Chris Sicoli told KSHB-TV the white SUV was reportedly stolen. Police spotted it earlier in the day, but a chase wasn't authorized until a detective saw the vehicle run a stop sign downtown while going 80 mph, Sicoli said.Cynthia Bell of Kansas City told The Associated Press she was driving when she saw the chase. She said the driver of the SUV was talking on a cellphone when she tried to turn a corner and plowed into the old brick building."It sounded like a bomb," Bell said. "If it could shake the ground, it would have. It was like slow motion."Sicoli said the SUV's driver was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. No one else was hurt. The SUV also hit a fire hydrant before hitting the corner of the building six blocks away.The Police Department's media unit did not return multiple phone messages left by the AP.Kansas City Fire Department Battalion Chief James Garrett said engineers were on the scene to assess the damage. He wasn't sure how long the well-traveled street in front of the building would be closed. '>Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rippleman Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Imagine explaining this to your insurance company for a claim... "yes hello insurance, I'd like to report a claim... you won't believe what just happened, a building just jumped out of me from nowhere" remixedcat, Charisma and DConnell 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason S. Global Moderator Posted November 25, 2014 Global Moderator Share Posted November 25, 2014 how did she survive that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Imagine explaining this to your insurance company for a claim... "yes hello insurance, I'd like to report a claim... you won't believe what just happened, a building just jumped out of me from nowhere":Rofl: Charisma and Alera 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astropheed Veteran Posted November 25, 2014 Veteran Share Posted November 25, 2014 Sicoli said the SUV's driver was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Anyone else thinking Unbreakable? Alera 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techbeck Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Sounds like that building was waiting to come down. Weak structure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacer Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Anyone else wondering why the police had to wait for a traffic violation to pursue a stolen vehicle that they knew was stolen? Alera 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadDriox Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Is this woman immortal or something? how would you survive that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted November 25, 2014 MVC Share Posted November 25, 2014 That's ######! She didn't Level the entire building, looks like just the middle the rest is still standing. remixedcat 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siah1214 Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 That's ######! She didn't Level the entire building, looks like just the middle the rest is still standing. If all it took to level an entire building was a car crashing into it, a whole bunch of retirement communities would be rubble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted November 25, 2014 MVC Share Posted November 25, 2014 If all it took to level an entire building was a car crashing into it, a whole bunch of retirement communities would be rubble. Yes but the thread title said leveled building. But some of it is still standing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clirion Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Anyone else wondering why the police had to wait for a traffic violation to pursue a stolen vehicle that they knew was stolen? Most likely, they keep track of it as it rolls though the city and recover at a later time. No sense in causing a high speed chase over a stolen car. However, the traffic violation was going though a stop sign at 80MPH so she was already doing a high speed chase, by herself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted November 26, 2014 Veteran Share Posted November 26, 2014 wow, she must of taken out a key structural column in an old masonry building to cause that to happen that fast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trag3dy Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Seems like the building was probably waiting for a strong breeze to collapse anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Some old block buildings can be like diamonds - hit them in just the right spot and down they go like a house of cards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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