A woman flipped the Mercedes SUV she was test-driving at the Mercedes-Benz of Arlington dealership on North Glebe Road in Ballston on Friday, August 19, 2016. .
(Courtesy Arlington County Fire Department)
Courtesy Arlington County Fire Department
A woman flipped the Mercedes SUV she was test-driving with three passengers at the Mercedes-Benz of Arlington dealership on North Glebe Road in Ballston on Friday, August 19, 2016. .
(Courtesy Arlington County Fire Department)
Courtesy Arlington County Fire Department
A woman test-driving a Mercedes SUV hit four cars and flipped her vehicle at the Mercedes-Benz of Arlington dealership on North Glebe Road in Ballston on Friday, August 19, 2016. .
(Courtesy Arlington County Fire Department)
Courtesy Arlington County Fire Department
During a test drive, a woman flipped a Mercedes SUV at the Mercedes-Benz of Arlington dealership on North Glebe Road in Ballston on Friday, August 19, 2016. .
(Courtesy Arlington County Fire Department)
WASHINGTON — A test drive took a dangerous turn Friday when a woman trying out a Mercedes struck four cars and flipped the vehicle on its side at a dealership in Virginia, NBC Washington reported.
At about 11:30 a.m., a female driver and three passengers were test-driving a Mercedes SUV in the parking lot of the Mercedes-Benz of Arlington dealership on North Glebe Road in Ballston when the woman accelerated at a high rate of speed, according to the report.
The driver then struck four vehicles in the dealership parking lot before taking a sharp turn and crashing the white SUV on its side.
Fire officials said a dealership employee riding in the SUV at the time asked to be checked out by medics at the scene but that there were no reports of injuries.
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