Watch: Car Flies off D.C. Ramp, Lands on Vehicle Below

June 7, 2023
The driver of the launched vehicle was ejected and pronounced dead at the scene.

A video captured a car flying off a ramp and landing on a vehicle traveling on I-395 in D.C.

A Hyundai Elantra was traveling south in the Ninth Street tunnel when the driver of the car began to take the westbound ramp. It then struck the jersey wall twice causing the car to crash over it and launching it. It landed on a Lexus travelling south on I-395 below, WJLA reported. 

The Hyundai landed on the back of a Lexus, flipped upside down and skidded on its roof until it came to a complete stop. The Hyundai driver, Van Thomas Lee, 28, of Pittsburgh, was pronounced dead at the scene. 

The Lexus also flipped onto its roof and then struck a third vehicle that was traveling south on I-395.

A passenger from the Hyundai and the driver of the Lexus were transported to a hospital for injuries. 

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