The Brief
- Surveillance video captured a vehicle hitting a median and slamming into sidewalk scaffolding outside a long-stalled Midtown building last Sunday.
- The severe impact on 14th Street brought down a light pole and left heavy wreckage scattered across the road.
- Neighbors are using the crash to renew urgent safety demands regarding the empty high-rise site.
ATLANTA – A surveillance video shows the exact moment a motorist traveling eastbound on 14th Street hit a median before smashing directly into a covered sidewalk scaffolding structure outside an abandoned Midtown tower last Sunday.
The high-impact collision completely destroyed the protective pedestrian walkway, leaving debris scattered across the road and shutting down local traffic for hours.
Midtown surveillance video
What we know:
Newly released security footage from a Midtown Blue surveillance camera captured a motorist traveling eastbound on 14th Street striking the sidewalk scaffolding in front of the Campanile building. The incident occurred at 3:38 a.m. last Sunday. The video shows the vehicle hitting a median, skidding into a light pole, and then slamming straight into the covered walkway structure.…