Storybook Accident

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

An SUV ran into Porter Square Books this morning, a little before noon. I did not see the collision, but I was there shortly after. Nobody I spoke to saw it happen, including a couple who were in the store -- they just heard the noise. The vehicle went through the window into the cafe area and at least one person from inside was taken away in an ambulance, in addition to the driver, who did not appear to be hurt. (Amazingly, the car did not appear to have sustained any damage, despite breaking through the metal & glass windows as well as the cement block wall beneath.)

There were four ambulances, three fire engines, and many police officers.



(Taken with my phone.)

Comments

[julishka.livejournal.com]

i was at the gym when that happened. apparently the driver was trying to park in one of the wheelchair spaces in front of the store. she thought she hit the break. this as relayed to me by some older couple in cvs. said the woman was in shock. also that there were about 5 people injured total.

i did see them take one person away in an ambulance - not sure if any more went.

and, to state the obvious, the parkinglot, already packed w/saturday shopping x a million due to the storm was nuts today. the accident made it even crazier!

[bikergeek.livejournal.com]

"Pedal misapplication" is the cause of a whole lot of accidents involving older drivers. There was one like that in 1999 or 2000 at the Stop & Shop in Wellington Circle in Medford. 80-ish year old lady ran her car into the storefront. Killed some poor guy who had just gotten married six months previous. :-(

[ron_newman]

Just a few days ago, a car plowed into a historic Harvard house on JFK Street in Cambridge.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

The car didn't have handicapped plates, but I didn't look hard enough to see if it had a tag in front.

(Mass plates "JOANDY".)

[julishka.livejournal.com]

yeah, that's it. joandy. i knew it was jo-something.

also the handicapped card might not have been visible yet if she was just parking - coulda been in the glove compartment or out of sight.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know. I didn't think about it at all at the time, I'm just remembering in hindsight that the plates weren't HC. We specifically noticed the plates because they were vanity, prompting the wondering of whether it was Joanne or Andy driving, and whether the other was gonna be pissed.

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

So, the previous poster seemed to say that the driver was a bearded guy. Anyone have any ideas?

[girlsnqueers.livejournal.com]

If you are talking about my post in the previous entry about the accident, the bearded guy came out of the store, not the vehicle.

[dancingdeer.livejournal.com]

Oh! We thought you meant that he came out of the vehicle. Thanks for the clarification.
Hope everyone's okay.