BROCKTON, MASS. (WHDH) - Eight people were hospitalized after an SUV slammed into a laundromat in Brockton on Saturday afternoon.
Officers responding to a reported crash at 1071 North Main St. just before 3:30 p.m. learned that the SUV had hit a parked car before barreling into the laundromat.
Essence Reddix was waiting to pick up her laundry Saturday when she said she suddenly felt the jolt.
“It honestly sounded like a bomb was going off to tell you the truth. Because it was so loud,” she said. “I just heard my window break. My children were in the car, and I had to get them out really quick.”
The 41-year-old Dorchester man who had been driving the SUV told officers that he was traveling north on North Main Street when he blacked out and caused the accident, according to Brockton police.
The car then slammed in Reddix as the SUV barreled into the building.
“The car hit me, and then the debris from the building hit my car as well,” she said.
The crash sent glass all over the back seat of her car, where her three children were sitting. Her 2-month-old was covered in glass, but luckily OK.
“There was glass in his car seat, but he didn’t get any cuts which is really good,” she said.
All three children were taken to the hospital to be checked out — along with 5 other people, according to police.
When asked to describe the experience, essence says there are no words.
“I can’t even. I can’t describe something like that,” she said. “I’m just glad that my kids are OK.”
Investigators have requested the Registry of Motor Vehicles to suspend or revoke the SUV operator’s license, citing that his actions constitute an immediate threat to public safety.
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