WLS-TV Studio Car Crash

[offthewall85]

this brings a whole new meaning to breaking news.

[CFLNHLFIFAFAN]

That's pretty interesting, that guy had best expression, and then the other girl didn't even notice lol, but ya cool

[coffeeandsugar20]

Turns out the driver was charged with felony property damage! He did it on purpose

[HumalDiscover]

you should crash in Justin Bieber's house man~~~

[kylethelincey]

Archers.... HO

[evanellis]

"You may have heard a rather loud sound from the studio...and from me."

[xxxWarriorGoddessxxx]

That's what I call breaking news, LOL! I was there on State Street that night when it happened.

[navycomand]

i remember seeing that wen i was walking to the train station

[blackhawks1818]

they just keep going on

[mypalrocco]

I saw this when it happened, I made a warn, sqooshy mess in the back of my pants when I saw it....

[denelson83]

15 minutes of fame much?

[cpmower]

I was watching the news that night, AS IT HAPPENED. The look on his face was classic.

[ledjohnnyboy]

i watched this live it was funny

[RicanJoeMusic]

wow I remember that, I miss chicago soo much =/

[LewCypher666]

ravi is such a weenie...besides screeching like a little girl, his "uh" "uh", thousands of pounds of glass? is so unprofessional....and really a car crash is NEWS!...all about him instead of getting focused on the REAL news...had to scrap his diapers off after the news ended???

[CHANNELMICHAEL]

2 years old today. Classic!

[compudude86]

lol, gotta love chicagoland, where the news comes to you!

[jake60630]

i rember this

[jallendubya]

Goes to show you the retarded should not be alowed to drive. Lol Ravi shit a purple brick. The look on his face is awesome. Chi-town rules.

[bojonwright]

i WILL have my 15 minutes of fame, and i will have it tonight.

[yotsubakowai]

This just in.

[winxclub4evers]

O.O  -.- HAHAHAHAHA

[robinscute12345]

i remember when this happened! i was talking to my friend on the internet and he suddenly said oh my gosh are you watching abc 7 did you see what just happened?? so i switched right when they were starting to report it all it was so weird to watch lol

[bambam704]

ravi did an outstanding job continuing reporting the news.

[AaronApolloCamp]

We have crashing news on ABC 7 Chicago...

[1zappa]

I saw this live. I couldnt believe what had happened.

[TV337]

I remember watching the newscast when this happend.

[tornadoman566]

Did he say ab7 at 0:18?

[Simplex4005]

Haha, there's also a guy waving to the camera at 3:45. Something tells me he did this on purpose.

[BestTits]

yeah he did it to show off for a girlfriend who broke up w him, idiot

[Simplex4005]

Haha, there's a guy waving near the top right at 1:04

[EASJR1991]

LOL

[supersnipa123]

this happened around a year ago. I was watching live the night that it happened lol

[whitesoxchevyfan11]

I saw it too when he goes woho i was thinking wtf?

[DDRPaladin356]

The guy outside was waving at about 1:06. Then he starts pointing at the car.

This is so funny...I wish I would have seen it happen when it did...oh well.

[IfByWhiskey]

LOL, the only thing missimg was the 'holy shit'...LMAO

[Chi26trojans]

lol wow i remember watchin this live

[DLYFEA20]

seen it yesterday! lets chat

comment me back ma

[dragon0503]

I remember watching this on as it happened. What ever happened to the guy driving the car?

[CubsFan2812]

:o wow

[joeyissoweird]

I want to bitchslap those waving to the camera. Who the fuck will notice and go all "Wow I care about people waving at me". Why do people wave at the camera? So what, they're at tv. Not like someone will give a fuck that they are waving. They're not going to be famous.

[Whydothis3315]

apparantly the guy who crashed just wanted to be on the news. but to be honest, Robi, or whatever the INdian dude's name is, handled the situation very professionally,

[denelson83]

That's Ravi Baichwal.  He started out at one of the stations I get (CTV Vancouver).

[bedsandbellies]

That could have been the Osama Bin Laden driving school.That would have made the news-It was certainly more dramatic than the streaker on the Richard & Judy Weather Map.

[Chicago10281]

Osama Bin Laden Driving School?

[thedab101]

Christ! It's kinda funny but ...wow.

The anchor used to be one up here in Canada; he must have moved recently.

[dragon0503]

He had started working for this station either the Summer or Fall before this happened.

[josh786manchester]

abc7 set up this crash to increase ratings on their channel. it was a total set up!

[josh786manchester]

i know sum1 who works in the studio. end of

[josh786manchester]

do u really? ok which department and block do they work in?

[crazy360playa]

i was watching that live when it happend

[dowling854]

LOL!! when was that

[BoneThugsEternal]

lol...Michelle Gallardo is so damn adorable, man would i love to spend my entire life with her. She just kept talking like nothing happened lol..talk about a pro also!

[decoy424]

I lvoe the look on Jose Sanders' face during the promo for the 5am news lolololol

[NewsOnDemand]

Ravi was a total f'in pro during this.

[joe24chevy]

When did she say it. I watched to whole thing and never once heard the news reporter say, "what happened?"

[Volvodriver4life]

lol Ravi keep talking about it befor everything else he has to talk about, hes so jumpy and excited lol

[DatBoiSPRAWLIN]

lol thats my cuzin who did that

no bs

[1542863245]

Man look at his eyes and his mouth when the car crashed into the studio. LOL!

[armenianply]

probibly when he said whoa and he probibly craped his pants

[AirForce108456]

Ha! he said "you may have heard a loud sound from the studio and from ME" LOL

[tracer740]

Airforce108456- YIKES! I missed that the first time. LOL! thanks

[smartestinUSA]

strange the news crew did not say this was going to happen I assume the crazy driver never warned them.

I hope the driver lost his liciense for this idiodic driving

[anakinep3]

Joydawn has all the reason! XP

[o0bdawg0o]

hahaha this makes me laugh everytime i see it

[theblue64]

I hate those stupid fuc king bystanders. I want to fucking just.. do something.. idk.. So annoying. Let the fucking cops do their fucking job! Stop standing around and waving!

[curlygurlyoxxo]

people do a lot of stupid stuff around TV cameras. but you really didn't have to say fuck so many times. it was kind of unnecessary.

[theblue64]

What's with the 5 second long introduction that just says "WLS TV studio car crash", jerk? You got a Youtube Title for that.. I hate you.

[RicanJoeMusic]

fail...

[digitalchatroom]

at 0:28, if you see very closely, you can see the guy say "f" word.

[ShinobiBoiX]

DO NOT WANT!!!!1@11

[corydwalker]

Oops

[Joydawn]

Talk about breaking news.

[anjac85]

Hahaha...

[Weatherman436]

@Joydawn I agree.

[Joydawn]

@Weatherman436 Holy shit, I didn't even remember this video at all. I commented on this 3 freaking years ago... phht...

[nwolff11]

1:09, you could see the driver waving in the top right of the screen.

[molhava]

Wrong studio man!!! You shoulda gone for fox news!!

[GreekDJUSArmyVeteran]

@molhava should of gone in your house!

[GreekDJUSArmyVeteran]

@molhava no, the driver should of gone for your house! shut up!

[SxyRedHead]

I like how they just keep saying the same thing over and over on the news.

[irishninja1980]

I live about an hour away(in Indiana), but I didn't actually see this live, I read about it in the paper. I thought he did a fantastic job of keeping himself together-I would have been cussing like a drunk trucker!

[amitsuaki]

Nonetheless, his reaction was classic. It's amazing how he could recover so quickly.

[amitsuaki]

I saw that! I think it was on Christmas Eve, I was sitting down with my dad and brother, and I said, "I think a car just drove into the news studio!" And I don't think he believed me, so we watched and we jumped when it crashed because it was so loud! XD I felt bad for the guy. It was probably a billion times louder.

[Beatles3490]

at the beginning of the video it says it was on 12-23-07 i was watching it too

[Ryguy1450]

hahahaha that was awesome. I live in chicago. Great stuff.

[MidouSan]

"An enormously explosive sound" Gotta love sensationalism

[j2xl]

I've sat about 30 feet away from a big plate glass window when someone bashed it in with his bare hands (!!).  It's VERY loud. Add in the impact of a minivan crashing through and I think "explosive" sounds about right.

[BennieImpreza2006]

LMAO!! From 3:21 to 3:31 you can see the firefighters trying to get on TV. One walks up, and the rest follow. Imagine that conversation... "Oh shit guys, come here real quick, lets get on TV!" LOL

[JamesT1984]

He did it intentionaly, I wonder what NBC 5 was thinking when this happen.

[scpoker]

Question, what was the final outcome of this, was it an accident or something intentional?

[dawnieangel76]

I heard it was intentional.

[bansheefay]

I believe the guy who did this confessed to the fact that he "wanted to do something that would get him on TV/famous"

[Juse83F]

kann ja mal passieren...

[ethan3786]

durka durka durka

[curlygurlyoxxo]

way to be an ass.

[aram100000]

ddddd

[BuDt4a]

haha

[deimos2k6]

lol can't stop laughin'

[mrdeathsbro]

hhahah

[TheSwordsmenOfHumor]

Well, thats somthing you dont see everyday

[keith644]

how about that

[midaran]

that asshole almost hit my crown vic, i was wondering why the fuk he was doing a u turn in the middle of state!

[stormspinner1]

If it was me...I would've pooped myself! LOL

Whoa, is RIGHT.

[sidscout]

I heard the driver was 103 years old

[curlygurlyoxxo]

no. he wasn't.

[meggiethemop]

Well, I finally saw it...i think the newscasters response was OK..appropriate..would have loved to have seen Jerry Tafts response if that happened while he was giving the weather...he is so freakin funny!!!

[Kamelotter]

Holy Cow!

the temperature icon shows 20°F that's -7°C, so maybe the streets were slippery and that's maybe why the driver crashed into the studio?

[Kimbobo420]

No... the guy was a 25 year old who just wanted to be on TV.

[AppleMacNerd1024]

lol

[Goessling678]

at 5:40 it sounds like he is giving a weather forcast...

[cookingfluffydotcom]

lol i know that news host!

[woowee53]

i just walked by where the car crash was in chicago. they still had plywood up and it was blocked off. haha. Glad no one was hurt, but it's still funny as hell

[Klontruppe]

Whow ... but that guy knows how to do his job. Immediatly new informations ^^

[PeruvianDude]

i think the journalist thought that the accident was an attempt with a bomb car :S

[boikimvideos]

Oh shit thats my car!

[alexistje]

serious?:p

[southeastdallas214]

I bet the news reporter shitted on himself

[xowonderingxo23]

haha

[StrSpiral]

i love the guy waving at 3:44.

[mattownsall13]

lmfao

[rustyshackleford01]

wait he said "But it is cold and it is a very cold night indeed" What?

[fabz828]

hahaha. man im from HOUSTON but my dad stay on state street by the river, we was walkin by the studio today (where the glass is still boarded up) and he told me about it so i had to look this up... yall boys in chicago crazy.

[DariousWalker]

got that rite!

[jaychristie909]

1) how gormless is the reporter when the car crashes... completely clueless

2) "just before i toss to michelle" i'd rephrase that lol

[dany980]

non so che darei x vedere la stessa scena nello studio del TG4.. pero vediamo di centrare in pieno Fede!!!!

[dodicesimanotte]

LOL why in italy never happens things like this??? XD XD

[scolian]

i remember that day!  it was funny! I love Chicago random stuff happens

[elmo007millie]

chicago....I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!

[TheSpacehiker]

Typisch USA so was kann ja nur bei denen passieren :)

[tha627]

LOL that was so hilarious

[terjer01]

WLS-TV abc7 better call Ty Pennington and crew for an Extreme Makeover!!!

[Linkinparkaddicted]

:28 he says "WHAT THE F***?"

[CubsFanJohn]

@Linkinparkaddicted

Can you BLAME him for thinking that? 

[Glitch942003]

oooh lol :)

[flipflops7410]

it was so f-ing cold that day... :29... love it!!!

[jebedia9999]

yea that reaction was timeless!

[bsobel]

this is wild!

[PierceScan]

love the reaction! lol

[HarryPotter87]

I'm from Chicago, but currently out of town now 'til Friday. Yeah, that's one crazy vid!

[geminitwinworld]

talk about the news coming to you live!

that was halarious.

[Lycan2026]

Breaking news! A car just crashed into our station! XD

[heine71]

Glad the newscaster didn't get run over by the car!

[dandydonaldo]

What was he trying to do? Break into television?

[ScienceOfThePS3]

No, trying to get on the news.

[FaysalAA21]

What a bad way to get on the news.Why make bad news in their studio when you could have just found a news reporter & try to catch a viewer's attention?

He's going to be seriously in a huge amount of jeopardy.

[offair]

welcome to viral advertising, a new way to advertise, how much is this cost compare to old way adevertisement

[MRMcdermott]

On State Street, that great street,

 I just gotta say

They do thing they just don't do On old Broadway!

[hunterswine]

she doesnt even react!

[caa1000]

The reporter can't see what's going on at the TV studio, so that is why she did not reacted, but probably heard the noise, but did not ask about it.

[uomenshoops]

No she reacted. In another video of this, she was reporting and when she showed her clip she asked, "What happened over there?" or something in those lines.

[pimpr90]

wow wat were the odds? lol

[lostn1984]

ive done some newscasting before and yeah he and the crew handled that pretty good. a shot with him and the car together would of been golden.

[CitizenWorm]

yeah, there's no doubt that I'd be using profanity in this situation. Probably an aw fuck, or at least a holy shit.

[nicelogin2]

Exclusive news in the studio

[Safeout24]

This was no stunt, was watching when this happened. This guy handled it very well.

[cycosteve2006]

i think i drank to much that night!

[Saihei]

I LOL'd so hard.

[Saihei]

At his reaction, not the situation. I mean, I'm glad that no one was hurt.

[Vaspasian]

this gotta be a YouTube-stunt ^^

[mkmcclure]

Crazy situation all around. Sadly, some low life will watch this and want to imitate--with explosives or worse. I can hear the hs dropouts already, "this will be soooo funny!"

[tbanks71]

OMG! That is scary!

[abceasyas123YEAH]

Yeah..this isn't that funny. Seriously if you find this hilarious, you should find something to do with your life.

[mcridiculose]

like commenting on "unfunny newcastes???" Yeah. Stop being a hippocrit

[attractanything]

You gotta give the anchor credit. He handled the situation like a real pro.

[zeppelinfan]

By the way, somebody should pause the video the second you hear the crash. The anchor's face is priceless. Looks like he's taking a shit.

[Julius121081]

This took place on Sunday 12/23/07

[djcRamone]

I don't get why everyone thinks this is so funny, I'd like to see how all you would react if a car crashed through a wall 15 feet from you. Anyways, the anchor did an amazing with the whole situation.

[RevAustin]

Wow, someone's being a bit emotional. Have you ever been the victim of someone crashing a car 15 feet away from you? Do you want to talk about it, perhaps?

[pimpr90]

ok but the reaction was just funny

[RENFEMikado]

Somebody didn't appreciate a certain editorial a few days ago....

I haven't laughed this hard in months!! good one!