WITNESSES, BECAUSE
WE WANT TO TRANSLATE THIS
INFORMATION TO OUR VIEWERS AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE.
>> RICK MINARD IS ANOTHER
WITNESS WHO JOINS US ON THE
PHONE.
WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THIS
HAPPENED AND WHAT DID YOU SEE?
>> I WAS ABOUT THREE TO FOUR
LANES DOWN, ROUGHLY IN THE C
LANE.
>> WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST
INDICATION THAT THIS AWFUL EVENT
HAPPENED?
>> HONESTLY, I THOUGHT A CAR
BLEW UP.
THERE WAS A REAL HIGH WINDING
PITCH AND THEN YOU HEARD A
CRASHING SOUND.
OBVIOUSLY, EVERYONE TURNED
AROUND AND STARTED HEADING
OUTSIDE.
YOU COULD SEE SOMETHING HAD GONE
THROUGH THE WALL.
>> YOUR THE SECOND WITNESS TO
SAY THEY THOUGHT A CAR HAD
EXPLODED, THERE WAS A DEAFENING
BOOM, AND THAT PERSON DESCRIBED
A SILENCE.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT WHAT CAME AFTER THAT
SOUND AND WHAT YOU SAW?
>> EVERYONE RAN TO THE OUTSIDE
TO MAKE SURE HE IS ALL RIGHT,
BUT OUT OF CURIOSITY TO SEE WHAT
IS GOING ON.
ONCE EVERYONE GOT OUTSIDE WE
REALIZED THERE WAS PEOPLE DOWN
AND HURT.
THE PERSON IN THE JEEP WAS STILL
IN THE JEEP AND PART OF THE
BUILDING WAS ON TOP OF THAT.
I WAS A LITTLE FURTHER OUT, 20
TO 40 FEET FROM THE DOOR.
THERE WAS ANOTHER PERSON DOWN
THAT I WAS CONCENTRATING ON
MAKING SURE PEOPLE WOULD NOT
STEP ON HIM.
HE WAS DOWN AND BLEEDING ON THE
GROUND.
THE STAFF DID A GREAT WAY -- DID
A GREAT JOB OF CLEARING THE
SITUATION.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THEY DO
EVERY DAY AND THEY DID A GREAT
JOB.
>> YOU DESCRIBE PEOPLE TRYING TO
RUSH TO THE AID OF THAT DRIVER
AND OTHER INJURED PEOPLE.
OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THERE WAS
THIS QUICK RESPONSE.
COULD YOU TELL HOW THE FOLKS
WERE DOING?
OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THREE
PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND MORE THAN
12 HURT.
DID YOU GET THAT INDICATION OF
THAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE BEING SO
BADLY HURT?
>> I DID NOT KNOW THE NUMBER WAS
THAT HIGH BUT OBVIOUSLY, I SAW
THEM PUTTING SHEETS ON TOP OF
PEOPLE.
THERE WAS A LOT OF BLOOD.
OBVIOUSLY, IT WAS AN ACCIDENT
AND YOU NEVER LIKE TO SEE THAT
STUFF HAPPEN.
BUT YOU KNEW THAT THERE WAS
SOMETHING GOING ON.
THE LYNN WAY STAFF MADE ROOM FOR
EMERGENCY CREWS.
>> WERE YOU A DRIVER OF ONE OF
THESE CARS OR THEY ARE TO
PURCHASE?
>> I WAS PURCHASING A CAR.
>> TYPICALLY YOU ARE LOOKING
CLOSELY AT THE CAR AND IT IS
CONTROLLED CHAOS.
YOU ARE SO BUSY FOCUSING ON
THESE CARS YOU ARE BUYING.
IS THERE ANY WAY ANY OF THESE
PEOPLE WHO WERE HIT COULD HAVE
SEEN WHAT WAS COMING?
>> NO.
WE WALK IN FRONT OF CARS COMING
AT YOU ALL THE TIME.
WE KNOW WHERE THEY SLOW DOWN ON
THE BLOCK.
THEY PULL UP, THEY STOP, BUT
FROM WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME,
AND I WAS THERE BUT DID NOT SEE
EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED, BUT WHERE
THE CAR WENT THROUGH IT APPEARED
HE WAS TRYING TO AVOID SOMETHING
BECAUSE HE COULD HAVE GONE LEFT
TO GO OUT THE DOOR SO HE PULLED
RIGHT TO AVOID SOMETHING.
>> ANOTHER WITNESS THOUGHT THIS
DRIVER WAS ATTEMPTING TO AVOID
CARS AND STRUCK PEOPLE.
YOU WERE NEAR AND SAW AT LEAST
WHEN THAT VEHICLE WENT THROUGH
THE WALL, FOLKS TRYING TO TEND
TO THE DRIVER.
WAS THIS A DRIVER YOU ARE
FAMILIAR WITH?
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN TELL
US ABOUT THAT DRIVER?
>> I DID NOT REALLY SEE THE
DRIVER.
I WAS FOCUSING ON THE GUY ON THE
GROUND BECAUSE I IMAGINE, WHEN
THAT CINDERBLOCK BROKE I IMAGINE
IT EXPLODED AND HIT PEOPLE.
THERE WAS A GUY 20 TO 40 PEOPLE
FROM THE DOOR AND I IMAGINE HE
GOT HIT AND KNOCKED THAT FAR.
HE COULD HAVE BEEN HIT BY THE
CINDERBLOCK WHEN IT EXPLODED.
IT WAS A PRETTY SCARY SITUATION,
REALLY.
>> OBVIOUSLY A TERRIFYING
SITUATION.
DO YOU COME TO THESE AUCTIONS A
LOT?
TO GIVE OUR VIEWERS AN IDEA,
DESCRIBED THE MOOD FROM A NORMAL
DAY COMPARED TO TODAY.
NORMALLY IT IS A VERY LIVELY
SITUATION AND A VERY BUSY
SITUATION, CORRECT?
>> YES.
THIS IS THE BUSIEST I HAVE EVER
SEEN IT THERE.
WHEN I PULLED IN THIS MORNING I
HAD TO PARK FAR AWAY.
IT IS PROBABLY A GOOD HALF A
MILE HIKE FROM WHERE THE
INCIDENT HAPPENED.
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