Three men escaped serious injury after their car left a Kent street, flew 40 feet through the air and struck a tree 9 feet above the ground.
Seat belts and airbags saved the lives of the driver and two passengers in the after 3 a.m. Dec. 24 crash in the 26600 block of Woodland Way South on the East Hill, according to a Kent Police media release. The crash destroyed the 2008 BMW sedan.
Police arrested a 30-year-old Kent man for investigation of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. He suffered minor injuries. Both passengers were transported to local hospitals with bruises and one had a possible broken bone.
“The fact that nobody was seriously injured or killed in this accident is a miracle,” said Kent Police Sgt. John Pagel.
Investigators determined that the car was traveling northbound on Woodland Way at a high rate of speed when it failed to negotiate a curve and left the road. After striking one tree, the vehicle traveled 40 feet through the air before impacting another tree 9 feet above the ground. The car then fell into a yard below, where it was found by emergency responders wrapped around two large trees.
Kent firefighters used a Jaws of Life device to rescue a back seat passenger.
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