SUV demolishes a building at Marshall & Adams
June 5, 2010
An out-of-state licensed minivan has crashed into the Marshall Street Cafe at the intersection of Marshall and Adams, causing the entire front of the building to collapse. No word on whether the driver escaped safely, though witnesses report four people being carried away on stretchers.
9 Responses to “SUV demolishes a building at Marshall & Adams”
1. Jeb says:
Sure doesn’t look like a minivan to me. Looks like a Ford Expedition, which is a lot heavier.
on June 5th, 2010 at 7:24 pm
2. john m says:
Yep, you right.
They’re working to fence off the corner and put together a stabilization plan. The SUV will be staying put for a little while.
on June 5th, 2010 at 8:18 pm
3. john m says:
The RTD says that six people (2 of’em VCU police) were injured and taken to the hospital.
on June 5th, 2010 at 8:39 pm
4. Erik says:
No one, miraculously was hurt.
on June 6th, 2010 at 12:24 am
5. Chris says:
I briefly spoke with the people who lived in the apartment above the cafe, and apparently this accident was caused by the power outage that happened for around 30 min. in the area. A VCU police car as well as the minivan (it indeed was a minivan) were speeding towards the inactive light which resulted in the crash. Fortunately, the restaurant was closed at the time, and no one was in the apartment except for the tenant’s dog, who made it out safe.
on June 6th, 2010 at 10:08 am
6. E says:
Typical braindead SUV owner/driver. I’m sure she was on her cell phone at the time too.
on June 7th, 2010 at 8:24 am
7. Melissa says:
I’d say the accident was caused by people not knowing that a stoplight with no power should be treated as a four-way stop. Even if you don’t know that, wouldn’t the dark signal cause you to look before speeding through?
I don’t see how the cops have any excuse. Even if they had their emergency lights on, aren’t they supposed to slow down at any intersection where they don’t have a green light, like ambulances do?
I check for speeding cars running red lights at every intersection I go through. Having the right of way doesn’t bring people back from the dead. I hope both these drivers get reckless driving tickets.
on June 7th, 2010 at 12:11 pm
8. Jeb says:
I wonder if the direction that they were going was one where there wasn’t an overhead light. The changing locations of the traffic signals through there is bad enough; factor a power outage into it and I can see an unfamiliar driver making that mistake.
The cops, however, should know better.
on June 7th, 2010 at 2:40 pm
9. Melissa says:
According to the RTD, the cop stopped at the light and the SUV sped through and hit him. That makes a lot more sense.
While a person driving down Broad Street without four-way stopping at streets like Lombardy could argue (without legal merit) that they were on the bigger street and the cars traveling on the smaller street are just screwed, I don’t think you can make that argument for Adams over Marshall here. Guess she just wasn’t paying attention? To the blank stoplight or to the cop car in the intersection?
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/article/CRASGAT051_20100605-215801/349287/
on June 8th, 2010 at 1:57 am