NORFOLK, Va. – A car crashed into Booker T. Washington High School in Norfolk early Saturday morning, leaving a gaping hole inside of the building, police said.
The call for a car hitting a building came in around 4:30 a.m. at 1111 Park Avenue — the address of Booker T. Washington. When officers arrived, they tell News 3 they found a 21-year-old female driver who was injured.
Watch: Raw video from scene at Booker T. Washington after car crashes into building
Car slams into Norfolk high school
Photos from the scene show a massive hole where the wall was caved in by the car. But as of around 10 a.m., the car appeared to have been removed.
Cleanup crews on site tell News 3 the car appeared to be speeding westbound down Princess Anne Road, lost control and then slammed into a culinary arts classroom on the schools northeast corner.
We’re told the driver was taken to the hospital and is expected to be okay.
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