Two Women Survive Crash

Firefighters from Bentonville and Bella Vista work to removed two women trapped inside a Toyota Corolla on Monday after it veered out of control, went through an unoccupied office building, jumped a walking trail and slammed into a tree.
Firefighters from Bentonville and Bella Vista work to removed two women trapped inside a Toyota Corolla on Monday after it veered out of control, went through an unoccupied office building, jumped a walking trail and slammed into a tree.

A harrowing car ride came to an abrupt end Monday when a Toyota Corolla slammed into a tree on the bank of McKissick Creek in north Bentonville.

The driver and passenger, both women, were taken from the scene by ambulance to a hospital. The women, strapped to backboards and fitted with protective collars, were alert and moving their hands.

A witness at the scene said the blue Corolla, which had a Kansas license plate, veered out of traffic at U.S. Highway 71 and McNelly Road.

The witness said the car, moving at a high rate of speed, suddenly turned onto County Road 40, clipping the witness's car. The Corolla then became airborne when it reached an embankment, sailing into a parking lot. Tracks indicate the car continued across a grassy area before crashing through an unoccupied office building.

The car went out the back corner of the building, flying over a walking trail and slamming into the tree.

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This map, created using Google Earth, shows the approximate path of the Toyota Corolla that veered out of control on Monday, crashed through a building, and came to rest after it slammed into a large tree on the banks of McKissick Creek.

Firefighters from Bella Vista and Bentonville secured the car with a chain to keep it from sliding into the creek before removing the two  women from the car.

The car traveled more than 700 feet from the intersection to its resting place.

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