How did a car end up through the wall ??
🚨🚨Sources are telling me 9 injured!
— 🚨 Rusty Surette 🚨 (@KBTXRusty) April 10, 2024
8 minor. One serious. Avoid the area. Lots of emergency vehicles on scene. https://t.co/l13eMWJRYd
MyNameIsJeff said:
The wheelchair mount on the back suggests an elderly driver. I'd speculate they simply hit the gas instead of the brake and hopped the sidewalk into the glass.
🚨Here’s the 12:10 pm update from @CSTXPolice and a witness about the crash this morning at Stella Southern Cafe. 5 injured. Investigation ongoing. This could have been so much worse. Prayers to all involved 🙏🏼 pic.twitter.com/cyXl58rYQA
— 🚨 Rusty Surette 🚨 (@KBTXRusty) April 10, 2024
it happens... but someone said it was "extremely common".legalbird said:
I believe a car crashed into Casa Rod a few years back.
Also, around 2018, the Asian food place in Northgate next to the music shop. Middle of the day, car drives through.
It happens.
Thanks for summarizing "all" of these types of incidents in the past 6 years, since you and KBTX clearly have documented all of them, but I know you are just parsing words. The insurance claim information on how common these really are would surprise you. Not all of these incidents end in injuries or as much damage as the Stella or in the news, but it really is a common occurrence for businesses that have parking directly in front of the business with no 'bollards' or prevention.91_Aggie said:it happens... but someone said it was "extremely common".legalbird said:
I believe a car crashed into Casa Rod a few years back.
Also, around 2018, the Asian food place in Northgate next to the music shop. Middle of the day, car drives through.
It happens.
1 in 2024, 1 in 2018, and 1 a few years back.
seems like "extremely common" needs to be defined better.
again... define the numbers for us then for "extremely common". I see you now changed to "really is common occurrence".ZoneClubber said:Thanks for summarizing "all" of these types of incidents in the past 6 years, since you and KBTX clearly have documented all of them, but I know you are just parsing words. The insurance claim information on how common these really are would surprise you. Not all of these incidents end in injuries or as much damage as the Stella or in the news, but it really is a common occurrence for businesses that have parking directly in front of the business with no 'bollards' or prevention.91_Aggie said:it happens... but someone said it was "extremely common".legalbird said:
I believe a car crashed into Casa Rod a few years back.
Also, around 2018, the Asian food place in Northgate next to the music shop. Middle of the day, car drives through.
It happens.
1 in 2024, 1 in 2018, and 1 a few years back.
seems like "extremely common" needs to be defined better.
i can agree with that definition but does that handful of times a year require a law/ordinance that every business with parking lot has to install barriers to prevent the 1 in a million chance that someone makes your your business a temporary drive thru.wareagle044 said:
extremely common = you hear about an obscure incident more than you should. You expect car accidents to happen on the roads - they're just common. You don't really expect cars to plow into buildings, so more than a handful of times a year could be extremely common.