2 dead after crashed Porsche ends up lodged in second floor of building
A speeding driver lost control of his red Porsche convertible anðd struck a median in New Jersey on Sunday â sending the car flying into the second floor oðf a commercial building and killing both himself and a passenger, cops said.
The driver, Braden DeMartin, 22, and his passenger, Daniel Foley, 23, were pronounced dead at the scene in Tðąoms River, authorities said.
Police said DeMartin was driving at âa high rate of speedâ at around 6:30 a.m. when the 2010 Porsche Boxster hit a center median, ðplowed into an embankment and âwent airborne.â
The sports car flew at least 15 feet in the aięĐĩr before crashing into a real-estate office on the second floor of the brick building at Hooper and Beatrice avenues.
Thereð were skid marks streaking across four lanes of traffic near the building, but police said there ðwere no witnesses to the gravity-defying crash.
Nobody was inside the building at the time.
The mangled convertible remained lodged upside down partially inside the offices oðĄf ExięĶt Realty for several hours as a crowd of stunned onlookers gathered.
Authorities waited ðfor ęĶŋseveral hours to make sure the building was structurally sound before going inside to inspect the damage.
FirefęĐĩighteðĨrs finally removed the vehicle from the building Sunday afternoon.
Ocean County Prosðecutor Bradley Billhimer visited the scene.
A worker in the building, whið§ch also houses a drug- and alcohol-counseling office, declined to comment on Suðnday.
