‘We were shocked’: Car crashes into local business in Orlando

TO YOUR CELL PHONE. A BUSINESS IS BOARDED UP TONIGHT AFTER A CAR SMASHED RIGHT THROUGH ONE OF ITS FRONT WINDOWS, AND IT WAS ALL CAUGHT ON CAMERA. THE OWNERS OF MARKET ON SOUTH SAID TODAY THAT NO ONE HAS BEEN CAUGHT. WESH TWO HAYLEY CROMBLEHOLME SAYS POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR THAT VEHICLE. THIS IS A SMALL BUSINESS, SO IT WAS IMPORTANT TO THEM TO STAY OPEN DESPITE THE DAMAGE, WHICH YOU CAN SEE PRETTY CLEARLY. THIS POST HERE. THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE RIGHT NEXT TO IT THAT GOT TAKEN OUT. AND OF COURSE YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME THIS COMPLETELY BOARDED UP WINDOW. A MAN LIVING ABOVE MARKET ON SOUTH IN THE MILL DISTRICT PULLED OUT HIS PHONE JUST IN TIME TO CATCH THIS CAR SMASHING INTO THE BUSINESS BELOW. EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. YOU CAN FEEL IT IN MINE. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN HEAR IT. HE SAID HE RAN DOWN, BUT THE DRIVER TOOK OFF. THEN HE BROKE THE NEWS TO THE BUSINESS OWNERS. WE WERE SHOCKED TO SEE THE OWNER SHARED THIS SECURITY CAMERA VIDEO, WHERE YOU SEE THE CAR BACK UP AND SLAM INTO ONE OF THEIR FRONT WINDOWS, SMASHING INTO THE BAR THAT SITS BEHIND IT. A LOT OF TIMES WE DO WORK HERE OVERNIGHT, SO THE FACT THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN WHILE WE WERE SITTING THERE, A LOT OF TIMES WE USE THAT BAR TO WORK ON OUR LAPTOP AND DO ADMINISTRATIVE WORK. EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, YOU COULD SEE THE BROKEN WINDOW OF MARKET ON SOUTH. THE SMASHED CONCRETE AND THE BASHED IN BAR. AFTER THE CAR TOOK OFF. NESSIE LOPEZ AND HER HUSBAND ANDRES OPENED THE BUSINESS A YEAR AGO THIS MONTH. IT HOUSES A FEW PLANT BASED VENDORS, FROM VEGAN CUBAN FOOD TO ICE CREAM. THEY SPENT THE EARLY HOURS OF SUNDAY CLEANING IT UP. ANY QUESTIONS? LET ME KNOW. I CAN HELP YOU OUT. ALL RIGHT. THE BUSINESS WAS BOARDED UP AND BACK OPEN BY LATER THAT DAY. THE OWNER SAID THEY CAN’T AFFORD TO LET THE DAMAGE KEEP THEM CLOSED. AS A SMALL BUSINESS, IT’S REALLY. EVERY DOLLAR GOES BACK TO THE BUSINESS. BUT WE DON’T COUNT FOR THINGS LIKE THIS. THEY SAID IF THE CAR HAD MOVED JUST A BIT, THEY MIGHT NOT BE OPEN. POLICE RESPONDED VERY QUICKLY. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CODE ENFORCEMENT LOOKED AND THEY SAID IF IT WAS ONLY A COUPLE OF FEET OR INCHES OVER, THEN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. THEY WOULD HAVE TO EVACUATE THE APARTMENTS UPSTAIRS. WE WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO OPERATE LIKE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON, THEY SAID POLICE DIDN’T HAVE A SUSPECT, BUT THE OWNERS HAD A MESSAGE FOR WHOEVER IS RESPONSIBLE. I WOULD SAY DON’T LET ONE RECKLESS NIGHT OUT BE YOUR LAST NIGHT OUT, BECAUSE YOU COULD HAVE ENDED SOMEBODY’S LIFE. YOU COULD END UP BEHIND BARS. AT THIS POINT, THE OWNERS SAY THEY’RE NOT SURE HOW MUCH IT WILL COST OR HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO GET EVERYTHING FIXED. COVERING ORANGE COUNT