BMW Travelling at 100 MPH Demolishes Building at 2600 Santa Monica Blvd in Epic Crash

The young man drove his two door BMW over 100 miles per hour on Santa Monica Blvd at 11:30 pm Thursday night, December 11, 2025. He struck a light pole after losing control of his vehicle, then proceeded to crash into a 1970's era brick building on the corner, essentially demolishing the building.

We spoke to the building manager examining the building teh next morning. He said that a BMW travelling at high speed hit a lightpole, then demolished the building. He added that the young man was taken to a local hospital with injuries.

On Thursday, December 11, 2025, around 11:30 p.m., a westbound orange BMW struck a light pole before slamming into the front of a two-story mixed-use building in the 2600 block of Santa Monica Boulevard, near Princeton Street in Santa Monica, California.

The impact caused extensive structural damage, including a dangling support beam and debris scattered across the sidewalk, rendering the ground-floor business-a print shop-unusable and prompting the evacuation of residents from the apartments above as a precaution. No injuries were reported among the building's occupants, though one family described the incident as startling.

The Santa Monica Police Department is investigating the cause of the single-vehicle crash, which left the BMW crumpled in the street; the driver's speed has not been officially confirmed, but authorities noted the vehicle was traveling at high velocity prior to losing control. The unidentified male driver, described as young in witness accounts, was transported to a local hospital by Santa Monica Fire Department paramedics with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

The following morning, December 12, the building manager assessed the damage and confirmed to reporters that the high-speed collision with the light pole preceded the building impact, exacerbating the destruction to the 1970s-era brick facade. Santa Monica Boulevard was temporarily closed between 26th Street and Princeton Street for cleanup and investigation.

BMW Travelling at 100 MPH Demolishes Building at 2600 Santa Monica Blvd in Epic Crash

This incident marks the latest in a series of high-profile crashes on the boulevard, though no other vehicles were involved here.