Driver Trapped When Car Slams into Building in Rockville

UPDATED, Aug, 20, 6 p.m.- Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesman Pete Piringer released new photos of a car that slammed into the MetLife office building Wednesday afternoon.

2403 Research Bl, MetLife Bldg at least 2 cars collided in parking lot (1 parked) & came to rest 25' in an office pic.twitter.com/wtELfLrbXv

— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) August 20, 2014

2403 Research Bl – car into building, no serious injury, significant bldg damage, Rockville City PD investigating pic.twitter.com/Rg0KTxJfjN

— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) August 20, 2014

UPDATED, Aug. 20, 5:15 p.m.- The driver has been extricated from a car that slammed into the MetLife office building on Research Boulevard Wednesday afternoon.

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesman Pete Piringer said in a tweet that the driver does not appear to have life-threatening injuries.

ORIGINAL POST-
A driver is trapped in a vehicle after the car slammed into a building in Rockville Wednesday afternoon.

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue are working on getting the driver out of the car at about 4:45 p.m., according to a tweet from Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesman Pete Piringer. The car crashed into a building in the 2400 block of Research Boulevard. That building is being evacuated, according to Piringer.

2400 Research Bl, Rockville, car crashed about 25 feet into bldg, Driver trapped in vehicle under debris, rescue operation taking place

— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) August 20, 2014

U/D 2400 Research Bl, collision resulted in car crashing into bldg, bldg being evacuated w/ #mcfrs FF assistance, EMS evaluating injuries

— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) August 20, 2014

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