NEW YORK - During peak rush hour, a car went completely airborne over a busy freeway, flying over six lanes of traffic – and it was all caught on camera.

What we know:

A 70-year-old driver suddenly sped up and launched off a hill on Long Island around 5 p.m. on Wednesday, September 3. Residents were stunned by the smoky dash camera footage captured by witness Joseph McGrath.

"A car came out of nowhere and jumped over the highway in front of me!" McGrath told Storyful.

Another witness on Sunrise Highway, Brandon Hyacinthe, described the shocking incident to News12 New York.

"It looked like a meteor going across the highway. At first I didn’t know it was a car," Hyancinthe said about the Honda sedan.

Before soaring past cars on both sides of the roadway, the driver was heading south

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