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A bartender jumped out of the way just in the nick of time when a SUV smashed through a Sunrise restaurant Wednesday.
"And all of a sudden we just look out the window and I tell him ‘watch out, look at him,’” manager Eduardo Corte said of bartender Edwin Perez.
Surveillance video shows Corte warning Perez to move. He slid over the bar of Havana's Cuban Cuisine at 10035 Sunset Strip as the red Nissan SUV crashed through the front of the restaurant.
"He jumped out of the bar like a cat!" Corte said.
Owner Michael Mellion called Perez “a very lucky man.”
“About 30 seconds prior to that car entering, he was down on his knees, preparing, cleaning for the day, in between a big cooler and the bar. And he would have been smashed,” Mellion said.
Perez escaped with some stitches, and the elderly driver was also OK. Corte said her foot was still on the gas pedal from the shock.
The restaurant was closed as repairs were made Wednesday, but the owner said it could re-open Thursday.
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How many old people die each year and how many old people kill other people? We must ban age, it's just too dangerous to risk dying.
People with poor reflexes die each year from SUV restaurant crashes and gunshot wounds. If they were only fast enough to avoid trouble in the first place but this is natural selection at work........
The commercial prior to the video is WAY too loud and doesn't have the ability to mute. It's at least 5 times louder than the news clip. I have to manually turn down my sound system.
Post your complaints about this to NBCNEWS here and on their complaints forum.
Posts like these are ruining the forums. The discussion after every article doesnt have to be about gun control, or even the whole right/left thing in general. This is an article about some dude with good reflexes who jumped over a bar. If you love your assault weapons so much that you cant help referencing them in every spot you can find, you may have a real problem.
I don't see anyone bringing up political bs nor do I see people bringing up gun control. You might be commenting in the wrong area.
Right Mark, it's only ok if your liberal.
"I don't see anyone bringing up political bs nor do I see people bringing up gun control. You might be commenting in the wrong area. "
Obviously the intent of the guys post went over your head. OK, whatever.
"Right Mark, it's only ok if your liberal."
I'm not a "liberal", though I do think easy access to assault rifles is IDIOTIC. I'm certainly not alone in that perspective, nor is it confined to "liberals". But the point is that these forums are now littered after virtually every article with these sarcastic "ban" posts. "Ban snow!" "Ban old people!" Can the political debate not be kept to articles which relate to it, does it need to spill over into every comments section after every article? Perhaps I wouldnt be as annoyed if "liberals" did the same, but if they did, or do, I feel the same way about it. An article about a dude jumping over a bar is an uncool place to make a snide political point about big/small government, gun control/no gun control, whatever. It makes it impossible to read the news and comments about it, about anything, without taking even a momentary break from the whole right/left thing. Once in a while let's give it a rest and laugh together about a lucky guy jumping over a bar, or kids ice skating after a big snowstorm, or whatever.
How about banning young people that have quick reflexes, good eyesight and a wireless phone.
The comment about old people driving is BS. A 17 year old just a few months ago killed an entire family that was riding in the bike lane. Because he thought he could text and drive at the same time. There are more accidents caused by young people and their quick reflexes than your so called old people. So you are way of the mark on that one.
Damn it Lindsey, why are you still driving......lol
The commercial prior to the video is WAY too loud and doesn't have the ability to mute. It's at least 5 times louder than the news clip. I have to manually turn down my sound system.
Post your complaints about this to NBCNEWS here and on their complaints forum.
Switch to Firefox with the free super AdBlocker add-on. I never see any of these commercials and none of the ads either!
I think Edwin owes Eduardo his manager a beer for the heads up to get the heck out of there. Minus the smashed watering hole, I'm glad everyone is safe.
Unless you grew up in a place like Sarasota, you have no idea how dangerous geriatric drivers are. I've seen them drive into canals thinking it was a road, off bridges, on the sidewalk, onto the interstate going the wrong way, stop on green, even park in the middle of a busy road and get out. They are completely unpredictable and follow no line of reasonable thinking.
I'll bet she wasn't texting at the time. Us old folk are tired of getting out of your way.
blame it on old age. lol i think it is cool old people can be vengeful and blame it on old age or the foot hitting the wrong pedal. If i tried using that id be going to jail. lol at least insurance can pay for it.
Driving Miss Daisy.
It's called a chauffeur!
Some people can be a bit aggressive when requesting drive thru service.
yes they will even start the construction for you too I see.
In my former job, my office was in a walk-out basement location. One morning, I heard this tremendous bang, looked out the window and there was a pickup truck stuck in the side of the building about 10 feet from my desk/office. The truck, driven by an about 35 - 40 year old, hit so hard it caved in the brick/cement block wall of the next door office. Fortunately, the office was empty at the time.
It's not always age!
Stop the texts, stop the wrecks! Elderly driving through windows with the foot still on the gas! We need more car control. Ban all SUV's and vehicles over 2500 lbs.
I watched to see a man jump like a cat. This was BS.
Ban people, if there were no people there would be no stupidity, no stupidity leads to less accidents, no accidents = happy happy joy joy!
Driving cut off age should be 65-70. Its not fair to the public. People do die because of elderly drivers. Sometimes young families. Not all elderly have family to take the keys away.
I am 70 and have more driving skills and reaction and respect for other drivers than most young people out there. Teen age girls are the worst drivers ever. It isn't the age but the mental ability to drive that counts!
Either that or they should require field tests for anyone over 70. A DMV worker would be able to spot signs of confused driving during a field driving test. AND they should allow elderly drivers any exceptional lengths between renewals; two years at first then every year after six years I would say.
Oh More Justice, I will laugh and laugh when you turn 65 and realize how silly your comment is. You do realize that you too, will get old?
The younger you are the quicker your reaction time, however, studies have shown that it takes longer for a younger driver to recognize the danger, so reaction times between young and older drives tends to be the same as the older driver recognizes the danger faster.
I think everybody that owns a newer car should read the manual, I see far too many old and younger folks with their high beams on because they don't know the difference between daytime running lights, normal headlights, and high beams. By having your high beams on you put yourself at risk and more importanly the people in front of you and opposing you at risk.
We should also move the high beam switch back to the floor, too many blondes are getting their legs stuck in the steering wheel.
Yes, I'm spamming this! Deal with it!!!
The commercial prior to the video is WAY too loud and doesn't have the ability to mute. It's at least 5 times louder than the news clip. I have to manually turn down my sound system.
Post your complaints about this to NBCNEWS here and on their complaints forum.
What are you talking about Chris? I saw a commercial for Silk milk playing at a normal volume, about the same as the report. I tried turning it up and down and did so quite well. It might be your own equipment. No plans to complain to NBC News about this because there's honestly nothing to complain about.
Or you could get ad block.
Multiple posts about how loud the commercial is? I bet you stand on your front porch yelling "Dang kids!!! GET OFF MY LAWN!"
Forget about the ads, how about an embedded player that plays more than 3 seconds before rebuffering?
Describing him jumping like a cat is a bit exaggerated by the looks of the video but I will admit he had good reflexes just the same.
This also underscores the need to have elderly drivers tested annually to ensure they are fit to continue driving- this sort of thing happens way too often.
Sort of lends a whole new meaning to "going to the bar and getting smashed".
This is probably the best newsvine thread I've seen in a while. Good job, guys.
The guy is lucky. But even if he hadn't jumped like a supposed "cat" as illustrated in the article, he would have had nothing but a bruise on his arse from whatever object the car ran into.
Great way to promote the new Monopoly game piece.
I was expecting a cooler jump. I want my time back.