A car crash that occurred early Saturday morning on Cumberland Avenue has left no injuries, police say.
The Cumberland Food Hall wasn’t so lucky — the crash left one of its windows shattered by debris, in addition to knocking down a light pole and colliding with a tree that fell into Cumberland Avenue.
“The tree went flying in the air, and it was insane,” eyewitness Darcy Swanson, a senior history major, said. “I was with my roommate, and we like grabbed each other. … The car spun and went over the median in front of Cava and Hanna’s and ended up facing us, and everyone around, like, pulled out their phones.”
Videos show a white Mercedes speeding west on Cumberland Avenue. Swanson remembers hearing the car before she saw it.
“It sounded like you were watching a car race,” Swanson said. “It looked like he was trying to race somebody, but there was no one else but him on the street.”
“At around 3:15 a.m. this morning, KPD and UTPD officers responded to the intersection of Cumberland Avenue and 19th Street to investigate a single-car crash,” Knoxville Police Department Communications Manager Scott Erland said.
The driver, 19-year-old Boston West, was taken into custody by UTPD officers on charges that include driving under the influence. West is not a UT student.
