The driver that left the sign of a UCF-area apartment complex completely destroyed Sunday morning says she was using medication that could have caused blurred vision and confusion, a crash report said.
Kirsten Mary Burns, 20, told Orange County Fire Rescue and UCF Police Officers she was driving southbound on Alafaya Trail when she attempted to turn right into The Pointe at Central, the crash report said. Burns told police her hand slipped off the wheel and foot slipped off the brake and her 2005 silver Ford Freestyle ran up the sidewalk, plowing into the apartment complex’s sign.
According to the crash report, Burns, a UCF student, told police she didn’t know what happened. She told them she remembered looking down at the radio for a moment, but police said she seemed confused.
Burns told police she is on medication that can cause blurred vision and momentary confusion, the report said.
Police said that Burns had a seat-belt abrasion and some minor scratches but was not hospitalized.
Security guard at the Pointe at Central, Sultan Ashi, said he was walking through the complex at 9:30 a.m. as part of his normal patrol when he heard the crash. He said Burns plowed her SUV through the sign of the complex leaving a pile of rubble and cables behind.
“I couldn’t believe the windshield didn’t break. There were so many bricks piled on top of her car,” Ashi said. “She was really lucky. I mean there are metal cables that could have really hurt her.”
Both management at the complex and Burns declined to comment on the crash.
