Woman drove forward off garage's 4th fl

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - The pregnant woman who drove her car off the fourth floor of a Springfield parking garage was actually going forward rather than backwards as originally thought.

Sargeant John Delaney told 22News that the woman confused the gas pedal for the brake, drove through the iron guard rail, and fell onto the pavement below on Dwight Street.

The car landed on its roof, but the pregnant driver emerged with non-life threatening injuries. She was wearing her seat belt.

She was treated at Baystate Medical Center and has been released.

22News talked to residents who witnessed the plunge and came to her rescue.

"I was sitting in a booth and all of the sudden I heard a really loud noise and I saw the white smoke and I saw the car fall down," said Maryam Ghasemi of Springfield.

"The garage should have a ramp in front or a wall. That way, when people hit the gas, they will hit the ramp," explained Rubel Lopez of Springfield.

The garage is located at the cross section of Dwight and Hillman streets.