Post by cooter on Aug 10, 2007 19:16:17 GMT -5
This was a VERY sad and horrible accident!!! We do mutual aid with these guys a lot, but for house fires only b/c we don't have an in house medic unit. READ IT!
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www.suntimes.com/news/metro/504408,dekalb080907.article
Monster truck crashes into crowd
August 9, 2007
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
DEKALB -- A monster truck performing stunts in front of an auto parts store veered into a crowd of spectators Thursday, injuring several people, officials said.
Nine people, including a mother with four children, were taken to Kishwaukee Community Hospital in DeKalb, officials said. Two people, including the mother and one child, were in serious condition and transported to OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford, said DeKalb Fire Chief Lanny Russell.
The rest were in fair condition, and one person was being evaluated for possible admission, Kishwaukee hospital spokeswoman Sharon Emanuelson said. Another person refused medical treatment at the scene, Russell said.
As part of the demonstration, part of a monster truck tour sponsored by NAPA Auto Parts, the truck drove over four cars, crushing them.
''After its third or fourth attempt of rolling over the cars, and getting back down to the street, it appeared to have lost control and at that point careened off to the left into part of the crowd that was watching the event,'' said City Manager Mark Biernacki.
After plowing through the crowd, the truck went through a wooden fence and stopped on railroad tracks nearby, Biernacki said.
Witness Patrick Sheridan, 16, said staff from NAPA had asked observers to stand back from the road after the truck's first few passes.
''I watched the guy go over two or three times getting some air and one time he went up and he came really close to hitting people,'' Sheridan said, adding that the truck appeared to come within just three feet of bystanders.
The teen said the final pass ''was like a full-out jump because he, like, floored it and it just went up and landed on the back tires and kept going.''
''It sounded like he couldn't get the gas off and like it kept going and going and going,'' he said.
Biernacki said the accident occurred at about 2 p.m. and the truck driver did not appear to be injured.
''There was just this sound of steel crunching,'' DeKalb resident James Vesely told The Daily Chronicle of DeKalb. ''I ran over to see if it hit anybody's car, and I saw a woman and a little girl around 3 years old lying on the ground with dirt on them.''
NAPA officials on the scene declined to comment, the newspaper reported.
Jerry Nix, a spokesman for NAPA's parent company, Genuine Parts Co., said he could not comment on the incident, and the telephone at the auto parts store near the accident site was busy.
DeKalb police would not immediately comment.
The manager of a bicycle shop on the block where the accident happened said he didn't see the incident but saw the truck performing stunts beforehand, and estimated at least 100 people were watching.
''It looked very precarious,'' said Tobie DePauw, manager of North Central Cyclery.
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www.suntimes.com/news/metro/504408,dekalb080907.article
Monster truck crashes into crowd
August 9, 2007
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
DEKALB -- A monster truck performing stunts in front of an auto parts store veered into a crowd of spectators Thursday, injuring several people, officials said.
Nine people, including a mother with four children, were taken to Kishwaukee Community Hospital in DeKalb, officials said. Two people, including the mother and one child, were in serious condition and transported to OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford, said DeKalb Fire Chief Lanny Russell.
The rest were in fair condition, and one person was being evaluated for possible admission, Kishwaukee hospital spokeswoman Sharon Emanuelson said. Another person refused medical treatment at the scene, Russell said.
As part of the demonstration, part of a monster truck tour sponsored by NAPA Auto Parts, the truck drove over four cars, crushing them.
''After its third or fourth attempt of rolling over the cars, and getting back down to the street, it appeared to have lost control and at that point careened off to the left into part of the crowd that was watching the event,'' said City Manager Mark Biernacki.
After plowing through the crowd, the truck went through a wooden fence and stopped on railroad tracks nearby, Biernacki said.
Witness Patrick Sheridan, 16, said staff from NAPA had asked observers to stand back from the road after the truck's first few passes.
''I watched the guy go over two or three times getting some air and one time he went up and he came really close to hitting people,'' Sheridan said, adding that the truck appeared to come within just three feet of bystanders.
The teen said the final pass ''was like a full-out jump because he, like, floored it and it just went up and landed on the back tires and kept going.''
''It sounded like he couldn't get the gas off and like it kept going and going and going,'' he said.
Biernacki said the accident occurred at about 2 p.m. and the truck driver did not appear to be injured.
''There was just this sound of steel crunching,'' DeKalb resident James Vesely told The Daily Chronicle of DeKalb. ''I ran over to see if it hit anybody's car, and I saw a woman and a little girl around 3 years old lying on the ground with dirt on them.''
NAPA officials on the scene declined to comment, the newspaper reported.
Jerry Nix, a spokesman for NAPA's parent company, Genuine Parts Co., said he could not comment on the incident, and the telephone at the auto parts store near the accident site was busy.
DeKalb police would not immediately comment.
The manager of a bicycle shop on the block where the accident happened said he didn't see the incident but saw the truck performing stunts beforehand, and estimated at least 100 people were watching.
''It looked very precarious,'' said Tobie DePauw, manager of North Central Cyclery.