At least four people are dead and nine hospitalized after a vehicle crashed through the front of a building in Long Island, New York on Friday afternoon, officials said, FOX 5 reported.
FOX 5, citing sources, confirmed that the crash happened at 4:42 p.m. at the Hawaii Nail & Spa on Grand Avenue in Deer Park in Suffolk County.Â
Footage from the scene showed a massive hole in the small local business that the vehicle appeared to blow right through.
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Hawaii Nail & Spa on Long Island, New York. The vehicle left a huge hole inside the local business. (Peter Gerber)
Witness Eric Perez told Fox News Digital that he heard the crash into the nail salon, saying that it sounded like “glass shattering.”
“Sounded like glass shattering,” Perez said. “Like nothing I’ve heard before.”
Perez said that he first disregarded the racket until he saw police and law enforcement.Â
“I disregarded it at first,” Perez said. “It’s Friday, and we live in a crazy world and now the police are rolling out tape.”
Police tape lines the strip mall where the vehicle crashed into the nail salon. (Peter Gerber)
Police lights surround a strip mall in Long Island, New York where a vehicle crashed into a strip mall. (Peter Gerber)
The cause of the crash is unknown.Â
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