A D.C. Police SUV was t-boned by a yellow Chevy Camaro filling the role of a Transformer character near the intersection of 3rd St and Maryland Ave, SW. The accident happened in the middle of shooting a scene for the next Transformer flick, but this was a real crash.
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"We definitely thought somebody had gotten hurt. There was an ambulance with its lights on," said witness Scott Horton.
Some Transformer fans who were lined along the street when the accident happened wondered why a police vehicle would race down a street closed for filming.
Tarik Burnes said, "You see it blocked off and everything you know, why did he come through here?"
But a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police Department said the SUV was responding to a call and correctly took the most direct route. We have learned the officer at the wheel is a veteran dog handler with the special operations unit.
Megan Pamepinto, however, said, "It made no sense why a police car would be racing through a movie scene that is not part of the movie."
Some people feared for the drivers, but the man behind the wheel of the Bumblebee car got out, appeared dazed but was otherwise okay. The driver of the police cruiser was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
As for the Bumblebee car, it needs major repairs.
Burnes told, "The front end was all messed up, pieces everywhere. People were picking up pieces off the ground. It was terrible."
