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The Independent
02-06-2025
- Automotive
- The Independent
Car flies off road and crashes into veterans hall for second time in a year
A car flew off the road and crashed into the roof of a veterans hall for the second time in three months. Footage shows a silver car crashing into the roof of Clay-Ray Veterans Memorial Hall in Missouri on Wednesday (28 May), with debris hitting the property's flagpole. Authorities confirmed that there was no one inside the hall at the time of the incident. The 58-year-old man, who had a seizure whilst driving, suffered only minor injuries and was able to walk away from the scene. Parts of the roof were still being repaired from another crash, which took place in February when an intoxicated driver tried to outrun law enforcement by speeding at over 100 miles an hour.
CNN
30-05-2025
- Automotive
- CNN
Video shows car fly off the road and into a building
Video shows a car fly off the road and into a veterans hall in Missouri, police say as a result of speeding. This is the second time in three months a car crashed into the same building. The veterans hall will be closed for months for a second time after the latest crash, according to CNN affiliate KCTV.
News.com.au
30-05-2025
- Automotive
- News.com.au
Car flies into roof of community hall, second incident in three months
Defying the odds, a car flew off a roadway and smashed into the roof of a military veterans hall in the US — the second such incident in just three months. The Clay-Ray Veterans Memorial Hall in Missouri was still repairing its roof from the previous crash in February when a driver suffering a medical emergency went airborne and landed on the same part of the building's roof Wednesday morning. 'Though it might seem like a recurring issue, these are very unique situations,' assured Lientenant Ryan Dowdy of the Excelsior Springs Police Department, according to ABC News. The 56-year-old driver, who was delivering food for a volunteer organisation, had suffered a seizure and lost control of his car, according to the Excelsior Citizen. The silver vehicle landed front-first into the roof around 7:30am and went about halfway through, photos show. The crash was violent enough that the car's engine ejected and landed near a flagpole, ABC reported. No charges will be filed, according to police. In the 80 years that the VFW has had that property, this is only the second time this has happened, a rep for the veteran organisation said, according to Mr Dowdy. The absurd probability of having such a dramatic incident twice in such a short amount of time has not been lost on the community. 'Here we go again! Round #2!' The Clay-Ray Veterans Association, which operates the hall for multiple organisations, posted on Facebook after the crash The group has even started selling cheeky T-shirts to raise money for repairs. 'Land here for a cold beer,' they read on the back with a graphic of a car sticking out of a roof. One community member commenting on the crash online jokingly suggested they put a 'No parking sign' on top of the building. Another man even suggested rebuilding the roof 'with a ramp thing that redirects cars back onto the road. Like a loop-de-loop.' The previous crash involved a police chase involving a 22-year-old registered sex offender with two teenage girls in his car, according to the Excelsior Citizen. The two teenage passengers suffered serious injuries, while the driver sustained non-life-threatening injuries, police said. That crash caused significant structural damage after it went completely through the roof, forcing the building to shut down. The veterans hall held an emergency meeting on Wednesday night to discuss repairs and address the traffic situation that may have led to the crashes, according to the Excelsior Citizen. The building remains closed to the public.
CBS News
30-05-2025
- General
- CBS News
Car crashes into roof of veterans hall in Missouri — again
A car has crashed through the roof of a Missouri veterans hall for the second time in three months. Video shows a car careening off a nearby road and crashing into the Clay-Ray Veterans Memorial Hall in Excelsior Springs. The vehicle collides with the roof of the building and sends debris flying. Pieces of the vehicle hit a flagpole in the hall's front yard. The driver of the car was injured but was able to walk to an ambulance before going to the hospital, CBS affiliate KCTV reported. Police told KCTV they were investigating whether the driver had a medical emergency or was otherwise impaired. There was no one inside the hall at the time of the incident, police said. The collision was captured by cameras at the Lewis Elementary School, which sits adjacent to the hall. School was not in session at the time of the incident, police said. Security camera footage shows moment that a car crashes through the trees and into the roof of the clay Ray veterans hall in Excelsior Springs Missouri on May 28, 2025 Newly released footage from the Excelsior Springs School District shows two dramatic angles of the car that crashed through the roof of the Clay-Ray Veterans Memorial the video, the vehicle is seen speeding through the trees before slamming into the roof—its engine detaching mid-impact and striking the flagpole in the front provided courtesy of the Excelsior Springs School District and Excelsior Springs Police Department. Posted by Excelsior Citizen on Wednesday, May 28, 2025 Police did not say what damage the hall incurred. The first crash occurred in February, police said, when a Kansas man tried to outrun law enforcement after being pulled over because they believed he was intoxicated. During the chase, the driver was going more than 100 miles per hour, police said. KCTV reported the driver, identified by police as Calen Hollis, was a sex offender. He sustained multiple fractures, and two juvenile female passengers had serious but injuries that were not life-threatening, police said. Hollis was charged with two counts of fleeing a traffic stop, resulting in injury. Again, no one was in the hall at the time of that crash. The building's kitchen was destroyed, KCTV reported. The police department said it will meet with traffic safety partners to "see if any improvements can be made in the area." Lisa Reinhart, an area resident, told KCTV that she blames drivers, not the road. "If you drive the speed limit, it's not an issue," Reinhart said. "It's 25 through here, so it shouldn't be an issue unless you're blatantly not listening to the speed limit."
