They were sleeping on the street in Montevideo and narrowly escaped being hit by a drunk driver who crashed his car.

A drunk driver crashed a van in Uruguay, narrowly missing people sleeping on the street (@Sclarens/Canal 4). Three people sleeping outdoors early Sunday morning in Uruguay miraculously escaped death: after a traffic accident, a van crashed into a storefront window just centimeters from where they were sleeping. The accident occurred at 6:10 AM on Sunday. The 30-year-old driver, a military member, was driving the wrong way on Mercedes Street in downtown Montevideo, according to a report on Telemundo on Canal 12. He was traveling at high speed. When he reached the intersection of Gaboto, he committed another traffic violation: he ran a red light. This caused him to collide with a van. The second vehicle, which had a green light, ended up on the sidewalk and narrowly missed the people. People sleeping on the street miraculously saved their lives (Screenshot from Telenoche/Canal 4). The incident was captured on security cameras in the area. The images show that after the impact, the people sleeping woke up startled and moved a few centimeters. One of the people sleeping there thought his companion was dead. In fact, according to information from this media outlet, one of the men said, "He killed him, he killed him." The three men were unharmed. The drivers involved in the crash, however, suffered some minor injuries. Before this accident, the driver had reportedly hit other vehicles in the area, according to witnesses. The driver who caused the accident has been summoned by the justice system and was scheduled to be questioned. A van was crashed and embedded in a storefront window (Screenshot from Telenoche/Canal 4). On Sunday morning, the owners of the business worked to repair the premises. The accident occurred one block from the Tristán Narvaja market, a Montevideo Sunday tradition. According to El Observador, a breathalyzer test administered to the driver showed a result of 2.2 grams of alcohol per liter of blood. The affected business was Dentalessence. Its owner, Paul Gil, told this media outlet that he was called by the security company at 6:30 AM to inform him of the incident. "We looked at the camera and saw that the people who were sleeping in front were moving, running, and agitated," he said. The businessman said he thought these people had started a fire, but when he arrived at the scene, the situation was different. A drunk driver caused a crash that, by a few centimeters, did not result in a tragedy (Screenshot from Telenoche/Canal 4). According to him, there were clear signs of alcohol consumption inside the vehicle. "There were glasses, Fernet, and even ice on the car's carpet (...) He was completely intoxicated. He couldn't string two words together. He even told me, 'I'm drunk.'" The business, which houses a dental clinic, suffered losses of approximately USD 10,000, according to its owner, who spoke to the Telenoche news program on Canal 4. The building suffered damage to windows, glass, and metal blinds, as well as damage to the building's infrastructure. "From an economic point of view, the business operates with two clinics at the same time; today we only have one clinic," he said. "We had to reduce operations, which means cancellations and many changes at many levels." He estimated the cost of the metal blinds at USD 4,800, to which are added infrastructure expenses estimated between USD 8,000 and USD 10,000. In Uruguay, a red alert is in place to assist people living on the streets. This regulation gives the legal authority to even transport those who refuse to be moved. According to a report published by the National Emergency System (Sinae), on Sunday, 3,198 people were assisted throughout the country, 2,532 of them in shelters run by the Ministry of Social Development and 666 in evacuation centers.