Driver Walks Away From 7-Story Drop Off Parking Garage

A car plunged from the rooftop of a parking garage and landed onto a shopping center in west Houston Sunday afternoon.
According to officials, a teenage driver drove the car off the top of the garage, dropped seven stories, and crashed onto a plumbing and hardware store, located on Kirby at Richmond. The vehicle flipped and landed upside down, causing the roof of the restaurant to cave in. Firefighters said it appears that the driver hit the gas instead of the brake by accident. Somehow the driver was able to get out of the car and walk away with minor injuries. "He is very fortunate, very fortunate," said Captain Al Castillo, HFD.