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Hyundai customer hit by car inside dealership showroom

January 15, 2014
It could be hazardous to be in the showroom when employees are moving cars around. All-new 2015 Hyundai Genesis sedan is being introduced at the at the 2014 North American International Auto Show. (Yonhap)

It could be hazardous to be in the showroom when employees are moving cars around. All-new 2015 Hyundai Genesis sedan is being introduced at the
at the 2014 North American International Auto Show. (Yonhap)

 

You’ve probably heard people say to the dealer “hit me” at casinos, but what are the chance of literally getting hit by a car inside an auto dealership?

Allegedly it happened last month at Plaza Hyundai of Brooklyn, New York, as a federal lawsuit was filed on Monday, according to the New York Daily News.

Customer Phillip Bermudez, 36, claimed that he was sitting at a salesman’s desk at Plaza Hyundai of Brooklyn last month when a new Hyundai Santa Fe zoomed about 20 feet across the showroom floor, striking him and pinning him against the wall.

Bermudez asserts he suffered multiple injuries to his head and body and has not been able to return to work since the Dec. 15 accident.

Bermudez’s lawyer, Sanford Rubenstein, said: “People go to automobile showrooms for the purpose of purchasing cars, not to get violently struck by one.”

The Daily News said the dealership’s manager did not return a call seeking comment.