JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A car drove into a Northside apartment which led to a gas leak on Sunday afternoon.
According to sources, around 2:30 p.m., the car drove forward instead of in reverse at the Monoco Arms Apartments on Monaco Drive near Dunn Avenue.
The crash did cause damage to the gas line and a support beam on the building.
There were no injuries at the time of the incident.
A witness, who asked to go by Edward said he was playing cards with friends in his apartment when he heard a loud “kaboom.” The impact caused the ground and the walls to shake.
“This building is full of senior citizens. These are people mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers,” Edward said.
Edward also said neighbors were told by officials to move their cars, vacant the area and go to the front of the complex after the gas leak.