JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A car crashed into a building Monday night at the corner of Beach Boulevard and University Boulevard.
A large hole was left in the window of a Uniform Destination store when an SUV drove into it at about 3:30 a.m. According to witnesses, the SUV was speeding through the intersection, hit a van, then spun the van around as it crashed into a pole beside the building and the SUV went into the building.
"He was going really fast, like when he went past me and my friend we can hear his car straight up high-revving," Derek Kearney, who works at the Daily's gas station across the street and called 911, said. "He couldn't even stop. If there was a train right there, he wouldn't be able to stop if he wanted to."
According to four witnesses, a woman in the van delivering newspapers. Captain Eric Prosswimmer with Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department confirms one person was taken to the hospital.
She was taken to the hospital after the crash. They say three people got out of the SUV and did not appear to be hurt much.
"They're lucky that nobody got killed here tonight because that was a very hard hit," Jerry Kirkland, another witness. "The lady in the van, she was an older lady."
"We heard it from two blocks away," said Sharon Bassie, another witness.
Jacksonville Sheriff's Office told First Coast News Monday morning in emailed questions that there have not been any arrests in relation to the crash. JSO states, "the at fault driver was issued multiple citations for moving violations as a result of the crash investigation."
