Car goes airborne, crashes onto roof of Philadelphia restaurant: Police

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Sunday, December 20, 2020
Car goes airborne, crashes onto roof of Philadelphia restaurant
The car was airborne for about 60 feet before it landed on the roof of the Kpot Korean BBQ & Hot Pot restaurant.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Crews rushed to the scene of a wild crash early Sunday morning in Northeast Philadelphia.

According to authorities, the crash began at about 1:40 a.m. in the 12000 block of Knights Road when a 2007 Chrysler jumped a curb, went through a snowy lawn and drove off a hill.

The car was airborne for about 60 feet before it landed on the roof of the Kpot Korean BBQ & Hot Pot restaurant, investigators said. The car then fell to the parking lot below.

According to police, three men were in the car.

John Cybulski, 26, was taken to Jefferson-Torresdale Hospital where he was pronounced dead at about 2:25 a.m.

A 21-year-old man and a 22-year-old man remain in critical condition.

The cause of the accident is under investigation.