NYC Shopping Spree Interrupted by Falling Car

Whilst shopping for the latest spring pieces from our favourite Greenwich village boutique, Owl Labs, we were startled by a large boom that took place across the street.

Stepping out of the shop with the Owl Lab ladies, we saw some folks running in and out of the building across the street and decided to investigate. We headed up to the 5th Floor and noticed a crowd of folks circling and gawking through a narrow back-office window.

Parking garage window where car fell out from

Apparently, a car from the adjacent Park Garage on University and 13th Street, crashed through a window and fallen 2 stories down onto the adjacent building’s 3rd floor rooftop. The mangled Mercedes SUV was totaled beyond repair but miraculously the driver appeared to have survived, with nary a scratch. Dazed and confused, the unscathed driver laid resting 15 meters in front of the car, with another Park Garage attendant keeping him company until ambulances arrived.

Driver seems to be fine, but the car, not so much.

Within a few minutes, the building’s fire alarm went off and folks were asked to evacuate. Heading down the stairs, we could smell gasoline so we knew our little adventure was over.

While we felt bad for the driver, the only thing we could help thinking was:

“OMG, when the owner finds out about this…..”

and

“Does that rule about garages not being responsible for any damage to vehicles still apply here?”.

We eventually hung out with the crowd of street gawkers who were trying to understand how the car managed to crash through the window. We kinda felt guilty shopping at Owl given the circumstances, but it was a rainy day today in NYC anyway. We’ll be back later this week, though, to pick up some killer Owl accessories (hopefully without any more falling cars).