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Startling video shows airborne car slamming into second floor of office building

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Intense footage has emerged of a car launching into the air, narrowly missing a bus, then crashing into the second floor of an office building in Santa Ana, California.

The video is from the dashcam of a Orange County Transportation Authority city bus, and shows the exact moment of the collision, which happened on SundayAccording to local reports, the car went airborne after the driver drove it into a center divider. Shortly after, the car caught fire.

OCFA in Santa Ana with a vehicle that crashed into the second floor of a small Office building. The vehicle hit the center divider and went airborne and landed into the building. One person self extricated, the other person is still trapped in the vehicle. USAR from OCFA On scene pic.twitter.com/Lm5b4oyCIm

— OCFA PIO (@OCFA_PIO) January 14, 2018 Read more…

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Long Island Iced Tea shares went gangbusters after changing its name to Long Blockchain

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Don’t keep cell phones next to your body, California Health Department warns

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Ello’s spam problem

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Huge security flaw lets anyone log into a High Sierra Mac

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