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Speeding Tesla crashes, gets airborne through Columbus convention center entrance

Speeding Tesla crashes, gets airborne through Columbus convention center entrance



Newly released footage shows a speeding Tesla Model 3 that crashed last week through an entrance of the Greater Columbus Convention Center. Though the accident took place in Ohio's capital a week ago, security camera video was released only yesterday. One thing's for sure, it's amazing that no one was seriously hurt.

The Columbus Dispatch reports that the car ran a red light at around 12:30 pm on Wednesday, May 4. As video shows, the car speeds past a red light at at T intersection, traveling at what police say was about 70 mph. It plows into a crash barrier planter, spraying a cloud of dirt and launching the Tesla airborne.

As it happens, the entrance of the convention center is a few steps below street level, causing the car to soar through the air in spectacular fashion before it bursts through the building like the Kool-Aid Man. Inside, a support column catches the flying EV, twirling it 180 degrees before bringing it to a halt.