Posted on 11/14/2005 5:01:47 PM PST by day10
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A woman drove a station wagon through a wall of the Barnes & Noble bookstore, sending glass, wood and books flying. Three people suffered leg injuries. Two were taken to a hospital.
The store was filled with shoppers at about 2 p.m. Sunday when the Subaru station wagon plowed backward through picture windows in a reading area in the store's northwest corner. The car took out the travel section and barreled about 40 feet through the bookstore before coming to rest in nonfiction.
"I thought it was an earthquake," said shopper Chris Badgett, 27. "There was screaming, people were running. I was running too."
The driver, Linda A. Duck, 58, has not been charged. She was not injured.
Just before the Subaru hit, Geoff Brosamer was sitting in the reading area, a space with armchairs, reading tables, framed portraits of famous authors and a fireplace.
Brosamer walked to the checkout counter and asked staff members to announce that his creative writing group would be meeting in the lounge. He walked back to the lounge, looked out the window, and saw the Subaru approaching.
"I saw this car turning, like it was going to go into the parking space," Brosamer said. "And then she just kept going and going."
The sound of shattering glass was deafening, witnesses said. People screamed and shrieked and dodged the car as it headed toward the fireplace, jerked right, and smashed into shelves of travel and history books.
A retired police officer helped get the driver out of the car. Two dogs in the back of the Subaru were taken to an animal clinic for safekeeping.
Duck told witnesses she'd just taken her dogs for a run and decided to stop by Barnes & Noble on her way home. She seemed to be in shock, bystanders said.
The store never closed.
Anchorage police spokesman Paul Honeman said Monday investigators will try to determine whether there was a mechanical failure or driver error that led to the incident.
heehee
Not to worry. I got five million bucks on him as soon as I married him. Gotta plan ahead for tragedy, don't we? *wink wink*
Was he a dentist?
but I did steal my line from that crazy story
Suburu in the travel section? At least she didn't park in the mystery section and disappear.
That is great!
Actually, this is what we call "Left Foot Braking" in the auto racing world.
It's probably used by a GREAT MAJORITY of today's NASCAR, CART, IRL, Formula, etc. drivers.
That is how I was taught in racing school.
ROFLMAO!!!
Dick-Belcher....
I'll need a minute to regain my composure!
;-)
Well worth the $$$ rather than being called Dick Belcher (Dick Trickle, Linda Duck, etc. etc.) for the rest of your life.
It fit your post - PERFECTLY!
No kidding! But I was killing husbands, not ex's. No money in that!
I got peace of mind from killing mine.
Actually - I dream of ways to send him over the heart attack edge. If you know what I mean....
I think that when you hit a certain age they should just put two brake pedals in the car. That accelerator is nothing but trouble.
I'd say you could just walk - but there is trouble there too.....
It's always something...
Maybe we should make them push the car - or bicycles only - like in China.... or Roller Blades - those are fun in the snow.
;-)
True. I am just going to change the spelling of my first name. But ither bills come up.
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