Or a medical condition, like the driver had a stroke, heart attack, epilepsy seizure as examples.
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Apple Store in Greater Boston Area Struck by Vehicle, Several Casualties Reported
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So true, and so juvenile. Really sad.
Yeah they should install planter concrete barrier (less eye sore) to prevent this to happen. Medical condition, you can't predict that. I've seen a lot of mall has this, with dirt and concrete will perfectly absorb the vehicle impact and stop it.
This store has been there since 2006, so who would have ever thought an event like this would occur. The other thing is the store was clearly using thick security glass.
No joke. Legitimate statement against the normalization of vehicular violence and dependency that hurts us all. A bunch of thoughts and prayers doesn’t do anything to fix the problem. Would also be nice if the correct active voice was used for reporting: “a driver of a vehicle” while also calling it a crash, not an accident.
the pictures clearly show that it's a toyota SUV
you can get a model x in black.
However the pictures in the article show that it's a toyota
If it’s clearly an accident, they would have spoke. It’s only sealed if it’s an ongoing investigation.
At least you have to pass a test to drive a car and insurance is required to cover damage/loss/injury caused by the car. If you have certain health conditions, your license can be suspended.
I don’t think we need to ban cars, but if guns were as regulated at the level cars are, that would be a massive improvement.
I'm for a driver check every 10/5/3 years, depending of the drivers age, more or less like they demand from pilots.
Check more often when they are driving noobs, and check more often when they become driving seniors.
Character/Personality check
Health check
Agility check
Body flexibility check
Traffic rules check
Car driving/control check
And a throughout obligatory first aid training every 2 years.
If they fail 3 times, the driver license is taken permanently.
Yes that's what I think. Seems likely this was a deliberate attack.
Probably a deranged ex employee right? Since we’re jumping to conclusions and all.
It happened around an hour ago, not knowing what happened yet doesn't make it some conspiracy or sealed criminal situation. It could easily be a health related issue still. When people aren't making light of the situation, they turn into armchair detectives. Sad stuff.
Most of these types of events are usually accidents e.g. driver suffering a medical emergency, older driver confusing accelerator and brake pedals, etc. Tragic as it may be, I hope there were no nefarious motives at play adding to the suffering.
I have in good faith that it was an accident. Possibly a miss representation of the pedals. hit the accelerator instead of brakes.
I personally witnessed a car drive "at full speed" into a shopping center and it was a driver having a heart attack and uncontrollably depressed the accelerator.
The heading of this article says "several casualties"... I thought the word casualty means death count. Am I wrong?
Casualty means killed or injured in an accident.
The story says one person has died.