Car falls from 2nd story parking lot, nearly crushing worker below

ATLANTA — A car crashed through a fence, hit a building’s roof and landed upside down – nearly crushing a man below.

Atlanta police said the 63-year-old driver lost control of his car while driving down Marietta Street Monday evening.

Investigators said he crashed his car through a fence, landed on the roof of Dr. Aletha Chappelear’s chiropractor business before flipping over onto the ground below.

“It shook the entire building,” Chapplear said.

But she said she knows his could have ended much worse.

A worker was standing in front of this business when the man drove off that second level parking lot, narrowly missing him.

“When we the first boom we thought it was the train cars hitting together,” Chapplear said. “Then I looked it my left and out the front door dangling and then it fell off.”

Chapplear said she ran to the scene to help the driver.

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“If you look at the position of the car, and the area of where his head was it’s a miracle that he’s okay,” Chapplear said.

The driver suffered minor injuries and is expected to be okay.

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