A juvenile girl miraculously walked away after totaling her car during a dangerous drag racing crash in Long Beach.
Officers responded to the scene at Spring Street and Kilroy Airport Way around 11:51 p.m. on Friday after the wreck damaged a traffic control box, knocking out the light signals at the intersection, according to the Long Beach Police Department.
Dramatic video from the scene minutes after the crash showed the driver — only described by police as a juvenile — panicking over her decimated vehicle as bystanders checked in. Through tears, the girl said she was driving the car and had no passengers.
Her overturned vehicle appeared mangled and resting on its side next to a concrete wall.
“The preliminary investigation revealed the overturned vehicle had been traveling eastbound Spring Street racing a second vehicle before the driver lost control. The other vehicle did not remain on scene,” police told The Post.
Footage showed medical personnel chatting with the girl before she got on a gurney for medical personnel to take her to the hospital.
The young driver managed to “self-extricate” herself from the vehicle, the Long Beach Fire Department added.
She was transported to an area hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said.
The teenage girl appeared lucky to survive the crash.
The vehicle’s destroyed state made its make and model unrecognizable. The front of the vehicle is seen shredded with cut metal and wires splayed about.
It’s unclear if any charges have been filed.
The investigation is ongoing, police said.
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