Vehicle Flies Off Overpass Near Pentagon, Plunges 50 Feet to Street Below

ARLINGTON, VA — A vehicle drove over a guardrail on an overpass near the Pentagon and plummeted 50 feet to the ground below.

Arlington County firefighters from stations 5 and 9 responded to a vehicle that had crashed at S. Eads Street adjacent to the Pentagon Reservation on Tuesday night, taking out a light pole in the process, according to a Facebook post by station 5.

Pictures posted by the fire department show a smashed up black car with its airbags deployed sitting under the overpass, and chunks of debris surrounding it.

There was no word on injuries to the occupants.

Image via Arlington County Fire Department