12 hit by SUV at Illinois car auction

by Rob Walker | March 19, 2008 at 10:54 am

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As an SUV was being driven up to be put on auction at the Tri-State Auto Auction in Crestwood, Illinois, it reportedly accelerated into a group of people, struck a minivan and crashed through a door outside, injuring more people. Three people suffered serious injuries and six others were brought to hospital with moderate wounds. Three others were transported with minor injuries.

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Twelve people were injured, three of them critically, when a sport-utility vehicle went out of control and plowed into a crowd of people at a Crestwood auto auction Wednesday morning.

At about 11:45 a.m., the Crestwood Fire Department responded to an accident at the Tri-State Auto Auction and transported 12 people to area hospitals, according to Crestwood Fire Department Capt. Kevin McAuliffe.

Preliminary reports from witnesses indicated that a car that was being brought up for auction suddenly accelerated, ran through a crowd of people inside the auction building, and struck a minivan before driving through a doorway outside where it crashed into another crowd of people.