Driver loses control, crashes SUV into staircase of Miami medical center

5 taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center

MIAMI – A driver was arrested Saturday morning after crashing an SUV into the staircase of a Miami medical center.

Six people were in the Nissan SUV when the driver lost control and slammed into the sidewalk of the building near the intersection of Northwest 21st Avenue and Northwest Seventh Street, Miami Department of Fire-Rescue spokesman Ignatius Carroll said.

Five people inside the SUV were taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center.

"Some had to be extricated using tools," Carroll said.

It was not immediately known what charges the driver is facing.