MEDFORD, MASS. (WHDH) - Authorities have launched an investigation after an SUV struck several cars and slammed through the front of a nail salon at a shopping plaza in Medford on Tuesday morning.
Emergency crews responding to a report of a car into a building at 295 Middlesex Ave. found the SUV wedged almost entirely inside Bellagio Nails and Spa.
The driver, whose name has not been released, struck at least five other vehicles before ramming into the salon, officials said.
A witness likened the incident to a “demolition derby” and said the driver was traveling at about 50 mph before the crash.
“I was like holy crap, you know. I didn’t expect to see that,” an Uber driver, whose Mercedes was damaged, told 7NEWS.
Erin Bashllari, the owner of Donut Villa, said he looked on in shock as the out-of-control SUV barreled toward him.
“The car was heading right toward us, so I was just frozen in place,” he said. “Thank God it hit a car in front of our store and veered to the right.”
Medford Lt. Ryan Martinello said the driver suffered minor injuries, while no one in the salon was hurt.
“There was serious luck on the side of the occupants of the nail salon,” Martinello said. “The employees were in the store but at a different location not near the front wall of the building.”
It’s not clear if the driver suffered a medical emergency behind the wheel.
The wrecked SUV has since been towed out of the salon.
Massachusetts State Police are assisting local authorities with the investigation.
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