Video shows car slamming into parked cars, building in Strawberry Mansion

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- At least three people were injured after a multi-vehicle crash left a path of destruction in Philadelphia's Strawberry Mansion on Monday night.

It happened just before 10 p.m. near 30th and Diamond streets.

Surveillance video shows a red 2019 Dodge SUV careening into multiple parked cars and an apartment building.

Surveillance video shows the moment an SUV crashed into multiple other cars before slamming into a building in the city's Strawberry Mansion section.

Police said the driver hit a Subaru and lost control before slamming into a traffic light, a home and a slew of other cars.

The driver then ran from the scene, leaving behind his passenger and wreckage, including a hole in an apartment building.

Dominique Tillery lives across the street. She says the crash sounded like an explosion.

"The whole inside of that building was pushed in. Parts of the building hanging out. People come outside scrambling, trying to help people out the red Dodge," Tillery said.

The building was evacuated and it's now being evaluated by the Department of Licenses and Inspections.

"They had to be emergency evacuated because there was so much damage and they were more so concerned of the building falling with other residents in it that live in the upper floors," said one neighbor.

The passenger in the Dodge and the driver and passenger in the Subaru were taken to an area hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

Everyone survived this wreck and neighbors agree: this could have been a lot worse.

"A whole lot of my neighbors' cars are all messed up," said Mickey Shields. "I'm glad there was nobody on the corner waiting for the bus over there."

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 215-686-TIPS.