Crime & Safety
Car Plows 25 Feet Inside MetLife Office
Rescue crews had to remove debris trapping a driver inside a car after it plowed through an office building Wednesday.
Rescue crews had to extricate a driver from a car that slammed into the MetLife office building on Research Boulevard in Rockville Wednesday afternoon, reports Montgomery Community Media.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesman Pete Piringer said in a tweet that the driver does not appear to have life-threatening injuries. The vehicle traveled about 25 feet inside the building before stopping at a stairwell.
Debris trapped the driver inside the vehicle for a time.
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Emergency crews were called to the accident at about 4 p.m., according to Piringer.
The building was evacuated after the collision.
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»PHOTO: A car crashed into the MetLife office on Research Boulevard Wednesday. Credit: Pete Piringer, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue
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