CASSELBERRY, Fla. – Casselberry Police say a driver accelerated into the side of a building along US HWY 17-92 this weekend after a “road rage” confrontation with another driver.
Video below shared with News 6 Monday shows the mustang lose control and cross the median near Plumosa Avenue. The car narrowly misses oncoming traffic on U.S. 17-92 before it slams into the side of a cabinet store.
Chad Brillis, one of the owners of 5 Day Cabinets, showed our News 6 team the aftermath.
“He hit that main support into the right of the window,” Brillis said as he walked our crew around the building and invited us inside to see the damage and the office where the car ended up.
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“Thank god it was a Saturday and there weren’t people sitting at their desk and a showroom full of customers. There was one guy here,” said Brillis. “My sister said she grabbed onto him so hard he was like, ‘what happened?’”
Brillis said his sister was close enough to hear a driver yelling before the car came through the wall.
Casselberry Police said the 24-year-old in the Mustang was angry at another driver, got out of his vehicle and struck the other driver’s car with his hand. He then got back behind the wheel, accelerated too quickly, and lost control, according to police.
On Monday, police told News 6 they cited Aubrey Spencer Hudson with reckless driving. A copy of the citation shows the 24-year-old must appear in court in March.
They also released the 911 calls that flooded into first responders following the crash. Multiple witnesses said it looked like a case of “road rage.”
“I witnessed the whole thing, I mean completely reckless,” said one caller.
Another couple who called 911 told dispatch they didn’t stop because “the guy was in such a rage.”
“Apparently he cut off another vehicle, and it looked like the other driver bumped him,” the caller said. “He was out screaming at the other driver, hopped in his car, took off, spun out.”
Brillis said if the car had taken a path a couple of inches over, it would have driven into the building even further. Instead, it was stopped by a structural pole, which is why the cabinet showroom and offices remain closed at the Casselberry location.
“It knocked this whole wall back 8 inches,” Brillis said as he showed us the damage to the walls and window.
He said because of the business’s proximity to 17-92, they want to see if there is a concrete barrier that can be installed.
“You know, you’re scared of it for so long and then it finally happens,” said Brillis. “Thank god, it was on a weekend because it could have been bad.”