She’s got hero a-peel.
A Florida girl is going viral for calling police for assist after a automotive crash while she was dressed in a banana costume.
Stephanie Oropeza and her fiancé were heading residence from a Halloween get together around 4 a.m. Saturday when they saw a driver crash into The Moderne Bar in Orlando, inflicting harm estimated to be at least $50,000, Click onOrlando reported.
Video from the restaurant exhibits Stephanie Oropeza calling police for assist after the crash in a banana costume.
“At first we were just in shock,” Oropeza said of seeing the driver initially “driving on the opposite side of the road” before slowly “veering” into the bar.
But she was quickly the one inflicting more widespread shock — when video emerged of her calling for assist while still in a banana costume, which many folks discovered, properly, too bananas to be true.
“They were like, ‘Is this AI? Like, are you messing with us?’” said Michael Nguyen, proprietor of the Moderne who posted the clip on-line.
“And I was like, ‘No, no, this is really a rogue 4:30 a.m. banana just roaming the streets of Mills, just saving the day, reporting the incident.’”
The restaurant thanked Oropeza with a free meal.
Oropeza said she realized she had shortly ascended to web fame the next morning.
“I woke up and I looked up if anyone posted about the crash and then see the headline is ‘banana hero,’” she said.
The restaurant ultimately tracked Oropeza down and thanked her with a free meal.
“It feels nice,” Oropeza said. “And I hope this all just can spread a better message that if you see someone in need.”
Fortunately nobody was injured, but the crash triggered critical harm to the restaurant, with Nguyen estimating that repairing the customized fence alone could value up to $50,000.
Six tables and dozens of chairs were also destroyed, he said.
The Orlando Police Department did not instantly reply to The Post’s request for further data.
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