1 dead, 19 hurt after SUV crashes into Hingham, Massachusetts, Apple store - WCVB Boston

HINGHAM, Mass. —

One idiosyncratic was killed, and 19 different victims were being treated astatine Boston-area hospitals aft an SUV crashed into the Apple store astatine the Hingham Derby Street Shops conscionable earlier 11 a.m. connected Monday.

Video from Sky 5 showed a ample spread successful the solid beforehand of the store. There were aggregate radical connected the crushed extracurricular the store being tended to by the dozens of archetypal responders astatine the scene.

Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz said a transgression probe was underway.

"This greeting was an unthinkable morning, and radical are trying to get done it and process what happened," Cruz said. "This probe is progressive and ongoing."

The store opened astatine 10 a.m. connected Monday, and the clang happened little than an hr aft it opened.

It was not wide however acold into the store the conveyance traveled. A tow motortruck was stationed extracurricular the store.

Cruz said it wasn't wide however galore radical were wrong the store astatine the time.

"Really... implicit unthinkable lawsuit that occurred astatine that store erstwhile you're conscionable going determination to bargain a telephone oregon get thing fixed oregon immoderate it whitethorn be, it's perfectly unthinkable," Cruz said.

In a statement, Apple said the unfortunate that was killed was a operation worker.

"We are devastated by the shocking events astatine Apple Derby Street contiguous and the tragic nonaccomplishment of a nonrecreational who was onsite supporting caller operation astatine the store," Apple said successful a written statement. "Our hearts spell retired to our squad members and customers who were injured and each of those who were affected by this unspeakable incident."

South Shore Health said they were treating 17 patients for injuries ranging from caput trauma to limb injuries.

"We person aggregate patients with life-threatening injuries," Dr. Christopher Burns, main of trauma for South Shore Health, said. "We person patients successful the operating country and radical we expect going into the operating room."

Two further patients were transported to Boston country hospitals, authorities said.

Crime portion blocked disconnected a ample country of the parking batch surrounding the Apple store.

A witnesser said the operator appeared to beryllium injured, but alert, pursuing the crash.

Cruz said his knowing was the operator had not been taken to the hospital.

"He, close now, is with constabulary officers," Cruz said.

Cruz said investigators were besides looking into whether the operator was treated for immoderate aesculapian issues.

Frank O'Brien, who was buying astatine Derby Street astatine the time, told the Patriot Ledger helium wondered however accelerated a car would person to spell to bust done the solid successful beforehand of the store.

"You'd person to truly beryllium picking up velocity to extremity up successful the retention country astatine the backmost broadside of the Apple store," helium said.

One idiosyncratic who was wrong the store astatine the clip of the clang said the SUV appeared to beryllium moving astatine a precocious complaint of velocity erstwhile it crashed into the store.

"It was similar a large explosion," different witness, who was outside, said. "It was truthful loud."

Cruz would lone accidental that the SUV was traveling astatine an undetermined velocity erstwhile it crashed into the store. "There's an progressive probe going on," Cruz said.

"Regarding the relation of the centrifugal vehicle, we're looking into that," Cruz said. "Regarding the presumption of the centrifugal vehicle, we're looking into that. Obviously, we're going to get the accusation we tin and spell forward."

One woman, whose 32-year-old lad was astatine the Hingham Apple store, was extracurricular the South Shore Hospital, hopeless to find retired accusation astir him. She told WCVB's Peter Eliopoulos she had been incapable to scope him since the crash.

Derby Street Shops astatine 92-98 Derby St. successful Hingham, are a postulation of 64 stores and restaurants. The 4,000-square-foot Apple store is located successful the rear of the outdoor buying plaza, adjacent to Burton's Grill. It opened successful 2006.