FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - A Fort Lauderdale business sustained thousands of dollars’ worth of damage after an out-of-control SUV driver crashed into it, leaving a mssive hole, and this wasn’t the first time it’s been hit.
Surveillance video captured the white SUV on Friday as it barely missed another SUV, went past the parking spots and slammed into the Fit Glow Beauty store, located near Northeast 13th Street and Seventh Avenue.
Smoke could be seen coming from the vehicle moments after impact, as the driver slowly got out and appeared to be OK.
Cameras later showed the vehicle lodged in the building.
Dylan Buss, the owner of the building, said he was out of town on vacation at the time of the crash. He said that fortunately the business was closed when it happened, but this is the third time it’s been hit.
“When she said there was a vehicle in Fit Glow again, I said, ‘Not again, like, we just went through this,'” said Buss.
Saturday evening, 7News cameras captured the damaged parts of the building boarded up.
Buss said the business was previously hit on Christmas Day.
“This building now has been hit three times in the last four years: once before we bought it — I think we bought it in 2020, so once before that — and then Christmas and then now,” said Buss.
Surveillance video from the prior incident showed a speeding pickup truck as it wiped out a mailbox before crashing into the office of Buss’ wife, located in another part of the building.
Thankfully, Buss said, none of his employees were inside because the business was closed.
Buss hopes the city can do more to fix this recurring issue, before someone loses their life.
“Something’s not right. I don’t know what the answer is, maybe get a set of lights versus a traffic circle,” he said, “but something’s not right to have this many incidents. You want to go to work and feel safe.”
Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue officials said no one was injured on Friday.
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