Woman in banana costume aids police after SUV crashes into Orlando bar
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A woman dressed in a banana costume peeled away from traffic and stopped to call 911 after an SUV slammed into a Central Florida bar early Saturday.Read more trending news Stephanie Oropeza and her fiancé, Dragan Nesic, were returning from a Halloween party at about 4 a.m. ET when they saw an SUV veer off the road and crash into the patio of the Moderne, an Orlando bar, WFTV reported.The couple immediately pulled over to help.“I’m actually going to school being a future nurse, so it was just instinct,” Oropeza told the television station. “I needed to at least call for help and make sure he was OK.”The SUV struck a cement planter, the patio railing, several tables and approximately 20 seats, WFTV reported. There were no injuries, and there were no customers or bar employees on the patio when the vehicle crashed.‘Banana hero’ goes viral after helping driver following crash into Orlando bar https://t.co/3qvk2WFY6A https://t.co/HCQkXInbBq WFTV Channel 9 (@WFTV) October 25, 2026 “My first