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>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
WE WANT TO GET YOU UP-TO-DATE ON
BREAKING NEWS.
AN AUTO -- OUT OF CONTROL JEEP
CRASHED INTO A AUTO AUCTION IN
BILLERICA, MASSACHUSETTS.
LET'S LISTEN TO THE PRESS
CONFERENCE FROM THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY.
>> THIS IS AN ACTIVE SCENE, SO
WE HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF
INFORMATION TO BE TAKEN IN AT
THIS POINT.
I'M JOINED NOW BY THE POLICE
CHIEF, THE DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF,
THE DETECTIVE LIEUTENANT,
SULLIVAN, FOR MY OFFICE -- FROM
MY OFFICE.
THIS MORNING POLICE RECEIVED A
CALL OF A VEHICLE THAT HAD GONE
OUT OF CONTROL INSIDE OF THE
MIDWAY AUCTION.
THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE AT
THIS POINT INDICATES THAT THERE
WERE SEVERAL HUNDRED CUSTOMERS,
AS WELL AS A FEW HUNDRED
EMPLOYEES, ON THE PROPERTY.
THERE WAS AN AUCTION GOING ON,
HAS A DOES EVERY WEDNESDAY.
CARS MOVED THROUGH THE LANE SO
THAT FOLKS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SEE THEM BID.
CARS TRAVEL A FEW PACES APART.
A 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WAS
WAITING TO ENTER, TO TRAVEL THEM
A LAME.
TRAVEL LANES ALTERNATING WITH
SAFE LANES, WHERE PEOPLE ARE
ABLE TO STAND.
BLUE LANES WHERE THE FOLKS ARE
ABLE TO STAND AND LOOK WHAT THEY
COME BY.
THE BLUE LANES HAD A LARGE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THAT SPACE.
AS THIS VEHICLE BEGAN TO ENTER
THE BUILDING, FOLLOWING A PACE
BEHIND THE CAR IN FRONT OF IT,
IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED,
TRAVELING THROUGH THE INSIDE OF
THE BUILDING AT A HIGH RATE OF
SPEED, STRIKING NUMEROUS PEOPLE,
ULTIMATELY BROUGHT TO A HALT A
CRASHING INTO A CINDERBLOCK WALL
AT THE FAR END.
AT THIS POINT WE ARE CONFIRMING
THAT ONE MALE AND TWO FEMALES
HAVE DIED AS A RESULT OF THEIR
INJURIES.
THERE ARE ANOTHER NINE
INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE AT THE
HOSPITAL BEING TREATED FOR
INJURIES, AS WELL AS ONE FAMILY
MEMBER OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS
DECEASED WHO WAS TRANSPORTED
FROM THE SCENE AS A RESULT OF
STRESS AND OTHER ACTIVITY.
SO, OF THAT WE NOW KNOW THERE
ARE 70 FULL -- EXCUSE ME, EIGHT
PEOPLE WITH SERIOUS INJURIES AND
TWO OTHERS WITH LIFE-THREATENING
INJURIES.
THEY ARE AT AREAS HOSPITALS
ACROSS THE AREA.
-- VARIOUS HOSPITALS ACROSS THE
AREA.
ON THE SCENE WE HAVE THE STATE
LEASE, THE ACCIDENT
RECONSTRUCTION SECTION OF THE
STATE POLICE, THIS WILL BE A
LONG INVESTIGATION.
AS I MENTIONED, SEVERAL HUNDRED
PEOPLE ON SCENE WERE IN THE
PROCESS OF TALKING TO THOSE
FOLKS, GATHERING INFORMATION
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, THEY WILL
BE DOING A RECONSTRUCTION
ASSESSMENT IN TERMS OF THE
VEHICLE TO RULE OUT ISSUES WITH
THE VEHICLE OR ANYTHING ELSE
THAT MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE
ACCIDENT AS WELL.
SO, IT'S GOING TO BE AN ONGOING
AND FAIRLY LENGTH INVESTIGATION.
>> [INAUDIBLE]
DRIVER WITNESSES [INAUDIBLE]
MID 70'S, HE MAY HAVE HAD SOME
SORT OF DISABILITY?
>> WE KNOW THAT THE DRIVER IS AN
EMPLOYEE OF THE COMPANY.
ONLY EMPLOYEES ARE ALLOWED TO
DRIVE THE CARS AT THE AUCTION.
FOLKS ARE GATHERING AROUND,
LOOKING AT THEM, ONLY BEING
DRIVEN BY EMPLOYEES.
THE INDIVIDUAL DRIVING THE CAR
WAS IN HIS 70'S. >> DID HE HAVE
A MEDICAL EMERGENCY?
>> WE DON'T KNOW THAT, THAT'S
PART OF THE THING WE WILL BE
LOOKING AT.
>> THE DRIVER, YOU RULED OUT
THAT THIS WAS AN INTENTIONAL
ACT?
>> THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION
INFORMATION WE HAVE NOW IS THAT
THIS IS A TRAGIC ACCIDENT.
>> IS THERE A CHANCE THAT HE HAD
THE WRONG PEDAL?
>> WE WILL BE LOOKING AT ALL OF
THOSE THINGS.
>> [INAUDIBLE]
>> THAT'S ALL PART OF THE
INVESTIGATION.
>> HOW IS THE DRIVER?
>> HE HAS NOT BEEN HOSPITALIZED.
>> DOES THAT MEAN IT WAS NOT A
MEDICAL CONDITION?
>> NO, JUST NOT HOSPITALIZED AT
THIS POINT.
EX CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE
INJURIES?
>> FROM WHAT WE KNOW, SOME
PEOPLE HAVE HEAD INJURIES, BACK,
LEG, AND TORSO INJURIES.
>> SINCE HE WASN'T INJURED, IS
HE ABLE TO TELL --
>> IT'S ALL PART OF THE
INVESTIGATION AT THIS POINT.
>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
>> I DO KNOW THAT.
A NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT I DON'T
KNOW THAT.
I DO NOT HAVE THAT AT THIS
POINT, YET.
SOME OF THIS INFORMATION IS VERY
NEW, SO I DON'T HAVE IT YET.
>> A MALE AND TWO FEMALES,
ACCELERATING?
>> THERE ARE LANES THAT CROSS
THE BUILDING.
READ LANES ALTERNATING WITH LOU
LANES ARE FOR THE CARS.
BLUE LANES ARE SAFE LANES FOR
PEOPLE TO SIT IN.
OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE ARE CROSSING
BACK-AND-FORTH BECAUSE THEY ARE
LOOKING AT A CAR IN LANE NUMBER
TWO.
THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE MOVING
THROUGH.
THE CARS ARE MOVING ACROSS THE
BUILDING FAIRLY SLOWLY
FOLLOWING, AS YOU WOULD MAYBE IN
TRAFFIC, A COUPLE OF PACES
BEHIND EACH OTHER AS CARS EXIT
ONE END OF THE GARAGE AND OTHERS
ARE BEING BROUGHT THROUGH.
THERE WERE FOLKS WHO WERE STRUCK
IN THE RED AND THE BLUE LANES.
EVIL CROSSING AND PEOPLE ON THE
SIDELINES, IF YOU WILL.
THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE OUTSIDE,
BUT TO LOOK AT THE CARS,
PRIMARILY PEOPLE WOULD BE INSIDE
.
>> ALL THE STRUCK VICTIMS WERE
INSIDE THE BUILDING?
>> WE DON'T KNOW THAT, YET.
THERE MAY BE FOLKS WHO WERE
CLOSE TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT
WALL.
WHO WERE INJURED AS WELL.
WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL OF THAT.
>> IS THAT TRUE INSIDE THE
WAREHOUSE?
>> I DON'T KNOW THE LENGTH, BUT
IT IS A FAIRLY LONG BUILDING.
A NUMBER OF CARS COULD LINEUP.
>> IS THERE AN ESTIMATE?
>> PROBABLY ABOUT A FOOTBALL
FIELD.
>> [INAUDIBLE]
>> WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL OF
THAT, WE HAVE RECONSTRUCTION
HERE.
>> CAN YOU SAY ANYTHING ABOUT
THE FIRST RESPONDERS?
[INAUDIBLE]
>> THERE ARE ALWAYS OFFICERS,
FIRE AND POLICE THAT WERE HERE
ON WEDNESDAY FOR THE DETAIL,
WORKING DETAILS FOR THE AUCTION,
BECAUSE IT DRAWS SUCH A LARGE
CROWD.
THERE WERE, IN FACT, PROBABLY
FOR POLICE OFFICERS AND AT LEAST
ONE FIREMAN HERE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS WAS A
COORDINATED RESPONSE, THE CHIEF
WILL SPEAK TO THAT.
PEOPLE FROM A NUMBER OF
DEPARTMENTS TO HELP AT THE SCENE
AND ASSIST THE INJURED.
>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
>> THAT'S ALL PART OF THE
INVESTIGATION.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THE
CHIEF.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'M NOT IN A POSITION TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INCIDENT, I
JUST WANT TO EXTEND OUR
SYMPATHIES TO THE COMMUNITY, TO
THE EMPLOYEES, AND TO THE
VICTIMS AND VICTIMS FAMILIES
HERE.
THIS IS A TRAGIC INCIDENT.
AGAIN, PRELIMINARY INFORMATION
TELLS US THAT THIS WAS AN
ACCIDENT.
WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE
MUTUAL AID HELPED THAT WE HAVE
RECEIVED FROM MANY COMMUNITIES
THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE
GREATER LOWELL AREA.
CHIEF?
HOW MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES?
JUST WANT TO SPECIALLY REACH OUT
TO THOSE COMMUNITIES AND THANK
THEM FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE.
THIS WAS A LARGE AND CHAOTIC
SCENE.
A LOT OF BY STANDARDS AROUND.
IT WAS A CHAOTIC SCENE AND I
WANT TO THANK THE FIRST
RESPONDERS WHO ASSISTED US IN
THE INCIDENT TODAY.
>> HAVE THERE BEEN ANY OTHER
INCIDENTS?
>> THEY'LL ALL BE A PART OF THE
INVESTIGATION.
>> IN TERMS OF SAFETY AND THINGS
LIKE THAT, WHO IS THE PERSON WHO
HAS OVERSIGHT?
>> ALL WORKPLACES ARE CONTROLLED
BY OSHA.
THE SAFETY OF THOSE FOLKS IS
CONTROLLED BY OSHA.
IF THERE IS ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT
THAT HAPPENS, WE WILL PROVIDE
NEW INFORMATION, BUT THIS WILL
BE A FAIRLY LONG, ONGOING
INVESTIGATION.
THANK YOU.
>> THAT WAS MARY RYAN, THE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY DOWN THERE IN
MASSACHUSETTS.
THIS ALL UNFOLDED IN THE WRECK
A, MASSACHUSETTS -- BILLERICA,
MASSACHUSETTS.
THEY WERE HAVING AN AUTO AUCTION
THIS MORNING.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WERE INSIDE
AND OUTSIDE THE BUILDING.
IT APPEARS THAT A 2006 JEEP AND
CHEROKEE ENTERED THE BUILDING,
DRIVEN BY AN EMPLOYEE, AND
STARTED TO DRIVE THROUGH THE
CROWD.
>> A QUICK UPDATE, REQUESTING
RESOURCES TO START -- RESOURCES
THAT WE WOULDN'T NORMALLY KNOW
ABOUT MEETING RIGHT AWAY.
AS HE EVALUATED, HE WAS WALKING
AROUND AND CALLING FOR MORE
RESOURCES AND WE WERE ABLE TO
GET A LOT OF RINGS HEADED THIS
WAY WELL IN ADVANCE OF WHAT WE
NORMALLY WOULD IF WE WERE JUST
RESPONDING TO A CALL.
WE DO TRAIN FOR MASS SCHEDULE TO
GAIN SINCE LIKE THIS, HOPING TO
NEVER HAVE TO USE IT.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PLANS IN PLACE
FOR THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS.
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE FALLING BACK
ON FOR THE NUMBER OF RESOURCES
THAT WE NEEDED.
NEIGHBORING DEPARTMENTS,
HOSPITALS, PARAMEDIC UNITS, THEY
ALL KICKED IN AND MADE THE
SYSTEM WORK THE WAY IT IS
DESIGNED TO.
>> [INAUDIBLE]
>> I BELIEVE THAT THERE WERE
NINE OR 10 BETWEEN THE AREA
DEPARTMENTS AND PRIVATE
AMBULANCES.
THE FIRST ONE THERE, THEY SET UP
TRIAGE, ALL OF THEM TRANSPORTING
ONCE, MAYBE TWICE.
THE MED FLIGHT DIDN'T COME OUT
OF HERE.
I BELIEVE IT WAS OUT OF LITTLE
GENERAL.
I'M NOT POSITIVE ABOUT THAT.
>> CAN YOU DISCUSS THE TRIAGE
PROCESS, SIR?
AND THE COORDINATION AND YOU HAD
TO DO WITH AREA TRAUMA CENTERS?
>> WE DIDN'T GET INVOLVED IN
THAT PART.
THE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO GET
THE RESOURCES HERE AND FROM
THERE THEY DECIDE WHERE THEY GO.
NOT TRYING TO OVERWHELM ONE
FACILITY.
>> CAN YOU DESCRIBE FOR THE
FIRST RESPONDER SAW WHEN HE
ARRIVED?
>> I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO
SPEAK WITH THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN INVOLVED.
THEY ARE SETTING UP FOR THE
INVESTIGATION IN PART.
>> WITH THEY TRY TO PERFORM CPR?
>> I DON'T HONESTLY KNOW THAT AT
THIS POINT.
>> AT THE BUILDING, DID YOU NEED
TO DO ANYTHING TO SHORE UP THE
BUILDING?
>> WE ARE WORKING.
WE HAVE SYSTEMS FROM BEDFORD
FIRE, TRYING TO STABILIZE, WHICH
WE ARE DOING NOW, MAKING SURE
THE BUILDING IS SAFE.
>> IS IT AMERICA WILL THAT THERE
WASN'T MORE LET -- MORE LOSS OF
LIFE?
>> OBVIOUSLY IT COULD HAVE BEEN
A LOT WORSE WITH THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE.
IT'S A VERY DYNAMIC SITUATION
THERE.
A VERY BUSY PLACE.
>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
PERMIT TO OPERATE WITH THE CITY?
>> AS FAR AS I'M AWARE OF,
EVERYTHING IN THIS BUILDING IS A
FIRST-CLASS OPERATION AND
UP-TO-DATE.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
>> LISTENING AGAIN TO A PRESS
CONFERENCE DOWN IN BILLERICA,
MASSACHUSETTS, AFTER A MASS
CASUALTY INCIDENT AT AN AUTO
AUCTION THIS MORNING.
THIS ISN'T TOO FAR FROM THE NEW
HAMPSHIRE BORDER.
HUNDREDS OF CUSTOMERS HAD GONE
TO AN AUTO AUCTION THERE THAT
HAPPENS EVERY WEDNESDAY.
THE CARS WERE LINED UP WITH
PEOPLE INSIDE THE BUILDING AND
ONE OF THE CARS, A 2006 JEEP
CHEROKEE WAS WAITING TO ENTER.
AT SOME POINT FOR SOME REASON
THE DRIVER ACCELERATED INTO A
CROWD OF PEOPLE, STRIKING
SEVERAL OF THOSE PEOPLE.
AT THIS POINT WE KNOW THAT ONE
MALE WAS KILLED, TWO FEMALES
WERE KILLED, AND NINE OTHERS
WERE HOSPITALIZED, SOME WITH
SERIOUS INJURIES.
WE ARE TOLD THAT THE DRIVER WAS
IN HIS 70'S.
AT THIS POINT THEY ARE SAYING
THAT THIS LOOKS LIKE IT WAS AN
ACCIDENT. WE WILL HAVE MUCH MORE
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