Driver pleads not guilty in deadly Hingham Apple store crash, told police foot was stuck on accelerator - Boston.com

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Bradley Rein, 53, was arrested Monday night, authorities said.

Vehicle progressive driving done Apple store model astatine Derby Street Shops successful Hingham

A 53-year-old antheral has been charged aft driving an SUV into a Hingham Apple store connected Monday, a fatal clang that near 1 dormant and astatine slightest 20 injured, authorities announced Tuesday.

Bradley Rein, of Hingham, was charged with reckless homicide by centrifugal vehicle, according to Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz’s office.

Rein was arrested Monday nighttime and held astatine the Plymouth County House of Correction, officials said. A plea of not blameworthy was entered connected his behalf during an arraignment proceeding successful Hingham District Court connected Tuesday morning.

Rein told constabulary successful an interrogation Monday helium was buying astatine the Derby Street Shops that morning, Assistant District Attorney David Cutshall said successful court. Rein said his close ft became stuck connected the accelerator portion helium was driving and helium tried to brake with his near ft but helium could not stop, according to Cutshall.

Rein besides told constabulary helium was not nether the power of intoxicant oregon drugs and voluntarily took an archetypal enactment test, which registered a “zero” humor intoxicant contented reading, the authoritative said. Rein added helium had nary aesculapian conditions that impaired his quality to thrust a car and the SUV did not person immoderate known mechanical issues, officials said.

Rein has nary known transportation to the Apple store, according to Cutshall.

Judge Heather Bradley ordered Rein beryllium held connected $100,000 currency bail, astatine the prosecutor’s request. An lawyer representing Rein initially sought to acceptable bail astatine $20,000 oregon nary higher than $50,000.

Bradley besides ordered Rein not to run a centrifugal conveyance for the duration of the case; to get tribunal support for out-of-state travel; and to not beryllium charged with different crime, arsenic helium could beryllium held without bail for up to 90 days should helium bash so, she said.

What prosecutors said

According to authorities, Rein drove a 2019 Toyota 4Runner done the solid facade of the Apple store located successful the Derby Street Shops astir 10:45 a.m.

Cutshall said surveillance video reviewed by investigators appeared to amusement Rein drove astatine a “consistent precocious complaint of velocity down the question lane and straight into the Apple store,” located astir 30 feet from the curb.

Rien came to a remainder astatine the near broadside rear country of the store, Cutshall said. The clang caused portions of the store’s rear partition to collapse, and debris was pushed into an adjacent hallway down the wall, helium said.

“A ample gaping spread was observed to the close of the beforehand entrance,” Cutshall said.

The clang killed 65-year-old Kevin Bradley, of New Jersey, prosecutors said. In a statement, Apple said Bradley was determination “supporting caller operation astatine the store.”

A co-worker of Bradley’s, employed by GMS Construction, told constabulary the 2 were moving a obstruction adjacent a model erstwhile helium heard the roar of an engine, according to a State Police study reviewed by The Boston Globe.

“He was abruptly spun astir and heard what helium thought sounded similar an explosion, followed by a large smash,” the study said.

Multiple radical suffered life-threatening and limb-threatening injuries, doctors astatine South Shore Hospital successful Weymouth said Monday afternoon. First responders said respective radical were pinned betwixt a partition and the SUV pursuing the crash.

Initial reports of the fig of injured victims varied betwixt authorities and hospitals, but Cutshall said successful tribunal Tuesday that archetypal responders identified astir 21 victims, including Bradley, who was pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

Dr. William Tollefsen, the South Shore Hospital EMS aesculapian director, told reporters different victims suffered “somewhat diverse” injuries that included superior caput trauma, little extremity trauma, and mangled limbs.

At a property briefing Tuesday, Dr. Jason Tracy, the hospital’s seat of exigency medicine, said 5 victims brought to South Shore Hospital suffered captious injuries. Overall, determination were precise fewer insignificant injuries among the patients, helium said, adding “most of them were rather significant.”

“There’s a agelong roadworthy to betterment for galore of the patients who are successful our facility,” helium said.

The infirmary initially received 18 victims connected Monday, but 2 radical were aboriginal transferred to facilities successful Boston, Tracy said. All of the injured victims treated astatine South Shore Hospital are expected to survive, helium said.

Apple responded to the incidental Monday evening successful a connection to Boston.com.

“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. Our hearts spell retired to our squad members and customers who were injured and each of those who were affected by this unspeakable incident,” the connection read. “We are doing everything we tin to enactment our squad members and customers astatine this precise hard time.”

According to Cutshall, Rein voluntarily went with constabulary and consented to a recorded interrogation with investigators pursuing the clang connected Monday.

Rein told investigators helium was astatine the buying plaza looking for a store wherever helium could acquisition a replacement lens for his oculus glasses, according to the State Police report.

He said helium entered and exited a store that helium thought was Warby Parker and proceeded to propulsion retired of his parking spot to look for different store, the study says.

“He stated that portion driving successful the country of Barnes & Noble, his close ft became stuck connected the accelerator and the conveyance accelerated,” Cutshall said. “He stated helium utilized his near ft to effort to brake but was incapable to halt the conveyance and [it crashed] done the beforehand of the Apple store.”

The constabulary study added: “Mr. Rein stated everything happened fast. Mr. Rein stated his ft had got stuck connected the accelerator erstwhile successful the past portion helium was driving connected the highway. At the clip of the clang Mr. Rein was wearing Brooks moving sneakers.”

Investigators besides asked wherefore surveillance video showed Rein driving done the parking batch earlier the incident, and Rein told them helium did not cognize the plaza good since helium had lone been determination erstwhile before, according to the report.

In summation to the preliminary enactment test, Rein besides consented to a hunt of his compartment telephone and allowed authorities to instrumentality a humor sample, according to Cutshall.

“Following that, the suspect was arrested and booked astatine the Hingham constabulary station,” Cutshall said. “This probe is ongoing.”

Rein has nary transgression grounds successful Massachusetts, Cutshall said.

But Cutshall said Rein was arrested by Vermont State Police successful December 2020 for allegedly driving nether the power of intoxicant successful Roxbury, Vermont. The complaint was aboriginal expunged though, helium said.

‘An unfortunate accident’: What the defence said

Rein did not suffice for a court-appointed counsel and indispensable either get his ain practice oregon waive his close to an lawyer by his adjacent tribunal quality connected Dec. 22.

He was, however, appointed an lawyer for bail purposes astatine Tuesday’s hearing. That lawyer highlighted however Rein has cooperated with investigators.

“Although the result of this mishap was horrific … it was an accident,” the lawyer said.

There is besides nary crushed to judge Rein would neglect to look for a scheduled tribunal appearance, the lawyer said, citing his ties to the community.

Rein, who moved to Hingham astir a year-and-a-half ago, has lived successful Massachusetts for 30 years and has household successful the state, including his 2 children, who helium sees often, his lawyer said.

“He besides spends a batch of clip hiking and upland biking, skiing, fishing, doing different things with his kids,” the lawyer said. “He’s precise adjacent with them, precise family-oriented with them.”

He is presently unemployed but antecedently worked successful bundle income and the exertion sector, according to the attorney, who said Rein does not person immoderate intelligence wellness issues.

“Like I said, this was conscionable an unfortunate accident,” the lawyer said.