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Flying car falls from the sky, crashes near B.C. school

Maverick flying car (Photo courtesy Maverick LSA)

A flying car crashed in British Columbia on Friday following a close call with what may have been the same experimental vehicle last month, according to CBC and Global News.

Two people were injured, though not badly, according to reports. But it seems the world might have to wait a while longer before anyone can truthfully say the words we're all waiting to hear:

"Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads."

A flying car suspended by a parachute crashed into a tree near an elementary school in Vernon, B.C., according to the CBC. Authorities confirmed the vehicle was an I-TEC Maverick, made by a company in Florida.

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In April, Global News reported that Ray Seibring was testing the first flying car to arrive in Canada using short flights around the Okanagan region. In a video of the first landing, the vehicle appears to wobble slightly in the wind, nearly toppling over.

"Flying car nearly crashes," the headline reads. Good news for the marketing campaign.

The flying car was developed by the Indigenous Peoples' Technology and Education Center (I-TEC) and it will set you back a cool $94,000 to buy it, according to the manufacturer's website. The website says the small vehicle can reach air speeds of up to 65 kilometers per hour.

Now, to overcome that pesky wind problem.

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There is, perhaps, more hope for a different variety of flying car that certainly looks more futuristic than a parachute but could cost up to $1 million.

The manufacturer of that car-plane hybrid says the public could be able to fly back to the future-style as early as 2021.