Scaffolding was sprawled out across a Midtown block early Saturday morning after a driver lost control and crashed his vehicle, police said.
Officers responded to the scene of the crash around 4 a.m. on East 58th Street near 3rd Avenue. A Mercedes sedan was found mangled with a tree and pieces of scaffolding that had stood two stories tall.
The 24-year-old man was driving at a high rate of speed when he lost control and crashed in Midtown, according to police. The man was later arrested for driving with a suspended license, police said.
The cleanup was still underway several hours later as investigators continued their work and crews tried to clear the roadway.
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At one point in the investigation, firefighters used a tool to pry open the vehicle's trunk. Once open, officers pulled out and bagged several unrecognizable items, although a couple appeared to be high-end bags.
Many neighbors were awoken by the early morning commotion and sound of two stories of scaffolding collapsing to the ground.
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"[I] heard like tires screeching, and then like giant crash like metal, just a bunch of metal," Christina Lee said.
The driver was taken to a nearby hospital for minor injuries. No other injuries were reported.
