THE NATIONAL CAR WASH ASSOCIATION knows which vehicles are prone to SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION.
As a consumer, YOU don't!
Is this one of the vehicles? Are we all at risk because of SECRECY?
By Jonathan Lin | The Jersey Journal
on February 20, 2015
BAYONNE -- A 12-year-old boy who was taken to the hospital after a car slammed through the front door of a Wendy's yesterday has been released after being treated for minor abrasions, according to a hospital spokesman.
The boy, who police said complained of pain to his leg after a BMW sports utility vehicle crashed into the Wendy's on Lefante Way, was treated at Bayonne Medical Center and released within two hours, the spokesman said.
Another person struck by the BMW, an 89-year-old Bayonne man, is in critical condition at Jersey City Medical Center-Barnabas Health after undergoing surgery last night, The Jersey Journal reported earlier.
At 3:12 p.m. yesterday, police were notified that a car crashed through the front door of the Wendy's, according to police. Shortly afterward, a fleet of police cars, fire trucks and ambulances rushed to the scene.
The driver of the car, a 77-year-old Bayonne woman, didn't suffer any injuries, Bayonne Police Capt. Robert Geisler said today. She wasn't under the influence of any drugs or alcohol at the time of the incident, police said earlier.
The woman didn't drive into the Wendy's with the intent to harm anyone, police said. As of this afternoon, the woman has not been issued any summonses or charged with any crime, Geisler said.
"It appears she was attempting to park head on into one of the parking spots adjacent to the north side of the restaurant," he said, adding that it's not clear at this point why the car then accelerated into the building.
The vehicle made it 10 feet into the building, but appeared to have stopped short of hitting the wall on the other side. The entrance to the building was littered with broken glass and twisted metal shortly after the accident.
Geisler said seven Wendy's employees and four patrons were in the building at the time. The patrons consisted of the 12-year-old boy and his mother, the 89-year-old man and another patron.
Shortly after the collision, officers cordoned off the parking lot and entrance to the Wendy's. They cleared the scene by 6:15 p.m. after examining the site of the crash for several hours. The car was then towed away.
The Wendy's building remains structurally sound. The entrance was boarded up this morning, with a sign reading, "Sorry. We are closed!!," but the restaurant opened for business later in the day.
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2015/02/12-year-old_boy_suffered_minor_abrasions_after_car.html
JUST MY OPINION...AT THE MOMENT!
