[Updated] Reader report: Car crashes into Blink Fitness on Avenue A; driver flees

Several EVG readers shared that a car crashed into Blink Fitness on Avenue A between Sixth Street and Seventh Street just before midnight last night. After smashing the window to the left of the front door, the driver backed off the sidewalk and sped off. 

The gym was closed at the time, and there weren't any reports of injuries.

We're told that several people filmed the incident. The make and model of the vehicle are unknown at the moment. 

One reader, who only saw the aftermath of the crash, assumes that the driver was making a U-turn and hit the accelerator rather than the brake, lurching onto the sidewalk and into the window.

We'll update if/when more information becomes available. 

Blink is open this morning, and as of 7, the front window has yet to be replaced. 

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EVG reader Creature noted that workers boarded up the window around 11 a.m.

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An EVG reader shared this video filmed immediately after the collision... the driver appears to have gotten out of the vehicle and inspected the damage before driving away... the license plate is not visible in the video...

 

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EVG reader Chris Rowland shared these photos from inside Blink this evening...

... and there's a memento on the emergency plywood — the car's hood ornament...