A teal Acura crashed into two parked cars Monday night, sending one man to the hospital and leaving authorities looking for another.
Authorities received the call at about 8:30 p.m. that a car had crashed on Schneider Drive, which is off North Beal Extension.
When they arrived on the scene, they saw the car had hit a power pole and snapped it, leaving wires blocking the road.
They saw the car had also crashed into two vehicles parked side by side at the residence of 510 Schneider Drive.
The Acura totaled the first car it hit — a P.T. Cruiser — pushing it into a Chevy Avalanche with enough force that the Avalanche came to rest in a nearby fish pond.
The flipping Acura came to rest on its roof in the front yard of 514 Schneider Drive, two doors down.
Shannon Bingman heard the commotion from her living room and said she was at the scene within 60 seconds. Bingman saw the driver of the vehicle walk away from the accident as his friend climbed out of the passenger seat.
Larry DiAmco, captain of Fort Walton Beach Fire Department Engine 7, said his crew found one person lying in the road.
“He was on the outside of the vehicle when we got here, and he was conscious,” said DiAmco, adding the man was in serious condition and taken to Fort Walton Beach Medical Center.
A Florida Highway Patrolman said they were looking for another person believed to be in the vehicle.
A witness who did not want to be named said he saw a man involved in the crash exit the scene. The witness said the man, who walked right past him, appeared to be intoxicated.
A power company worker said the downed lines were cable lines. The road remained blocked until crews could come to restore them