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UNLIVABLE AND NOBODY CAN GO INSIDE. MEANWHILE, THERE ARE PENDING TICKETS FOR BOTH DRIVERS INVOLVED NOT ONE, BUT TWO SUV’S CRASH INTO THIS METRO COMMUNUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING SATURDAY MORNING. THIS SCENE NEAR 30TH AND ELLISON HAS MANY ASKING, WHAT HAPPENED? -- COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING SATURDAY MORNING. THIS SCENE NEAR 30TH AND ELLISON HAS MANY ASKING, WHAT HAPPENED? >> I WAS SO FOCUSED ON BEING BUSTED ON THE HEAD AND MY HEAD WAS BLEEDING. IT WAS SO MUCH GOING THROUGH MY HEAD AT THE TIME, I DIDN’T BOTHER STEPPING ON MY BRAKES. CHINH: ANTHONY DAN SAYS HE WAS AT A GATHERING A FEW BLOCKS AWAY WHEN TWO MEN TRIED TO ROB HIM AND HIT HIM ON THE HEAD WITH A BOTTLE. ACCORDING TO POLICE REPORTS, DAN TOLD INVESTIGATORS ONE OF THE MEN GOT INTO ANOTHER SUV WITH TWO WOMEN INSIDE THAT’S WHEN DAN CHASED AFTE THEM, AND THE SUV’S RAMMED EACH OTHER. THEY WENT OVER THE LANDSCAPING THROUGH A METAL FENCE, AND INTO THE BUILDING, LEAVING AN ESTIMATED $300,000 IN DAMAGE ACCORDING TO MCC. >> I DON’T KNOW WHO HIT FIRST. ALL I KNOW IS THAT SMELLED GAS IN MY YUKON XL, I IMMEDIATELY JUMPED OUT THE BACK DOOR, BECAUSE I COULDN’T GET OUT THE FRONT. CHINH: THERE ARE PENDING WILLFUL RECKLESS DRIVING CITATIONS FOR BOTH DRIVERS. JAY DEE PRATT SAYS HE HEARD THE CRASH AND RAN TO HELP. >> THE DRIVER OF THE CAR BEING CHASED INDICATED THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW THE GUY’S NAME, HIS REAL NAM THEY ONLY KNEW HIM BY, LIKE, A NICKNAME. HE JUMPED IN THE CAR AND SAID "DRIVE," AND THAT’S WHAT THEY DID. CHINH: PRATT SAYS IT’S A DANGEROUS INTERSECTION AND HOPES EVERYONE INVOLVED LEARNED A LESSON. >> THEY’RE LUCKY THEY MISSED ALL THE CROSS TRAFFIC, BECAUSE ONE CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE IF THE CAR HAD BEEN HIT FROM THE SIDE BY A SEMI. CHINH: MCC TELLS ME THE BUILDING WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING CONVERTED FOR THE ARCHIVES DEPARTMENT, SO NO CLASSES WILL BE AFFECTED. AS FOR THE INVESTIGATION, POLICE SAY THEY’RE STILL LOOKING INTO WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE THE CRASH. LIVE NEAR 30TH AND ELLISON, CHINH DOAN, KETV NEWSWAT

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Police believe road rage may have played a role in two SUVs crashing into a building at Metropolitan Community College Fort Omaha campus Saturday.Building no. 6 is now boarded up with a sticker from the city, marking that it's unusable.Monday, debris remained at the scene near 30th and Ellison as many are still wondering what happened.In an exclusive interview with KETV NewsWatch 7, Anthony Dan, one of the drivers, said he was at a gathering a few blocks away when two men tried to rob him and hit him on the head with a bottle.“I was so focused on being busted on the head and my head was bleeding,” said Dan. “It was so much going through my head at the time, I didn't bother stepping on my brakes.”According to police reports, Dan told investigators one of the men got into another SUV with two women inside, and that's when he chased after them and the SUVs rammed each other.They went over the landscaping, through a metal fence and into the building, leaving an estimated $300,000 in damages, according to an MCC spokesperson.“I don't know who hit first,” said Dan. “All I know is that smelled gas in my Yukon XL. I immediately jumped out the backdoor because I couldn't get out the front.”There are pending willful reckless driving citations for both drivers.Jay Dee Pratt said he heard the crash and ran to help.“The driver of the car being chased indicated that they did not know the guy's name, his real name,” said Pratt. “They only knew him by like a nickname. He jumped in the car and said, ‘Drive,’ and that's what they did.”Pratt said it's a dangerous intersection and hopes everyone involved learned a lesson.“They're lucky they missed all the cross traffic because one can only imagine what it would have been like if the car had been hit from the side by a semi,” said Pratt.Police said they're still looking into what happened before the crash.MCC told KETV NewsWatch 7 the building impacted was being converted for the archives department, so no classes will be affected.PREVIOUS REPORT:Two SUVs crashed into a Metropolitan Community College building on its Fort Omaha Campus Saturday morning.Police say both drivers were cited for willful reckless driving after admitting to being in an altercation just before the crash.Officers responded to the incident near 30th and Ellison Streets around 8:30 a.m. Paramedics transported two people to the hospital.Investigators say their injuries are not life threatening. A Metropolitan Community College spokesperson told KETV NewsWatch 7 campus police were also on scene and believe road rage led to the incident.The spokesperson said building 6 is mostly vacant, currently being converted into more space for the archives department.Metropolitan Community College is working to determine whether classes and activities will be impacted.