High-speed Center City crash at busy intersection injures 2 women, triggers calls for safety changes

A high-speed crash at a busy Center City Philadelphia intersection was caught on surveillance on Wednesday afternoon, leaving two women injured and prompting neighbors to call for traffic safety measures.

Surveillance video shows a woman crossing the street at 16th and Lombard. She tries to run when she sees a silver SUV barreling down Lombard. The SUV slams into a Range Rover that had the green light, ejecting a passenger, while the pedestrian is driven into the wall of a Jewish community center.

Viewer video recorded moments before the crash shows the speeding SUV…

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