Car crashes into Massachusetts Apple store
Four people were trapped after a car smashed through the glass front of an Apple store at the Derby Street shopping center in Hingham on Monday morning.
A dramatic photo posted on Twitter showed a giant hole in the front of the store and rescue personnel inside the building. Witnesses reported that the car was traveling at a high rate of speed as it rammed through the front and ended up in the back of the store.
At least one victim was seen being treated outside the building. Others were seen being taken away on stretchers.
Car crashes into Massachusetts Apple store
People were screaming and crying. One woman thought that someone had started shooting. She dove under a desk.
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One Twitter user said his wife was at the scene and had used a spare jacket as a tourniquet on a victim. She reported that a black 4Runner “drove full speed into the Apple store.”
Car crashes into Massachusetts Apple store
All four of the people who were trapped were freed and taken to a hospital for treatment. The conditions of the victims were not known.
It wasn’t clear if the crash was intentional or if the driver might have suffered a medical emergency.
No other details were immediately available.
