WASHINGTON — An 85-year-old man walked away from a crash Thursday after he drove his truck off the second story of a Leesburg, Virginia, parking garage, police say.
Leesburg police say Rattan J. Bhatia, of Hillsboro, Virginia, was speeding through the town’s parking deck on West Market Street. His 1994 Ford Ranger truck hit a curb, crashed through a metal barricade and then the brick facade of the garage. The truck landed upright on two unoccupied benches in a court yard area below.
Bhatia was charged with reckless driving.
He suffered minor injuries and was treated on site. He was alone in the truck, police say.
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