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Shocking Video: Car flies off top of San Francisco's steep Sanchez Street Stairs

All five of the vehicle’s occupants made it out of the car wreck without any major injuries but fled the scene before the San Francisco Fire Department unit arrived

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July 25, 2023 8:13am

Updated: July 25, 2023 8:13am

shocking video shows the moment a car flies off the top of a hill in San Fransico on Saturday, flipping and nosediving into the bottom below. 

A nest camera for a house captured the car driving through the guardrails at the top of the Sanchez Street Stairs in San Francisco at around 7:20 p.m. at an intersection on Cumberland Street near Dolores Park and the Castro District.

On its way down the hill, it hits the top of a tree, before landing upside down on the sidewalk. 

Another video shows bystanders rushing to the vehicle to try to reach its occupants, while others call 911 to report the wreck.

All five of the vehicle’s occupants made it out of the car wreck without any major injuries but fled the scene before the San Francisco Fire Department unit arrived. Luckily, no passersby were injured. 

"There was a woman pulling out a guy, all bloody, and the guy had a full face mask, all black, dressed in black.

She was in black, red hair, yelling at them, 'We have three minutes till the cops come! We have three minutes, hurry up!'"said Michael Perez who lives nearby and rushed to help. "There was another guy and there was another guy still stuck in the car and they were, like, 'Just leave him! Leave him!"

So far, San Francisco police officers have not managed to locate any of the passengers in the vehicles. 

“We saw what was going on. There was bottles of alcohol pouring out of their car and they were all bloodied and you could tell they were up to no good," Perez said.

Police are investigating the incident and are asking anyone with any information to contact them.