A car crashed in to the Watergate complex, which includes the Watergate Hotel in D.C. Friday afternoon injuring one person, according to DC Fire and EMS.
Authorities reported a vehicle striking a building in the the 2600 Block of Virginia Ave NW at 2 p.m. Friday. A rescue squad on the scene was needed to stabilize the vehicle before the driver was safely removed, DC Fire said. A driver in a second car was transported to a hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
Photos from the incident shows a silver car that hit a window under a balcony at the complex. It appears that the car also drove through a fence and bushes before hitting the window. In the photos, cracks to the window and damage to the front of the car can be seen.
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The Watergate complex, which also houses businesses and apartments, did not have an structural damage from the incident. Details about the second car were not immediately available.
