badibadi t1_ix9ly3v wrote
Reply to comment by myleftone in Car crashes into Apple Store in Hingham, trapping multiple people inside by B1Baker
According to eyewitnesses, he accelerated.
docmedic t1_ix9ouav wrote
Which could be explained by confusing the gas for the brake.
badibadi t1_ix9qvw1 wrote
I was just discussing this with my spouse. But we live nearby and we know the specific corner and this particular store extremely well. The thing that makes it sound like it was purposeful, rather than accidental is that the speed you need to make it from the street, across the fairly wide sidewalk (at this particular spot), through the glass wall, all the heavy tables and large, wooden block stools, all the people and into the wall at the other end of the store.....it just can't be explained with the force you'd use on the brake pedal to slow down, going around the bend. You'd have to not only hit the gas hard, you'd have to start accelerating a few yards up the road before hitting the corner. You'd have to floor it. I'm almost certain this was not an accident.
My heart goes out to all the people involved, especially the families of the person who lost their life, the many injured, the store employees (who are almost all regulars for many years) and the store manager, who is a local from my town and whom I know as well. This is absolutely horrifying on every level.
badibadi t1_ix9zuoz wrote
I should add that they're now saying he was going 50-60mph. An accidental hit of the gas pedal doesn't get a 2019 Toyota 4Runner to 60mph that quickly. Does it? That takes considerable acceleration.
It also so horrifying to see that he went diagonally across the store not the short way, right across as I thought. He ended up in the wall, right by the door that serves as the emergency exit and leads to the back rooms and offices. He pinned several people, including a construction worker who had been working back there and was killed in this incident.
Clickrack t1_ixcuuym wrote
Like confusing a firearm’s safety for the trigger, should be instant ban for life.
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