May 6, 2008 5:31 pm US/Eastern
Car Careens Out Of Control At News Conference
BALTIMORE (WJZ) ―
-
-
The car sailed across a busy road and crashed into subway tracks.
CBS
There were some scary moments Tuesday morning as an out-of-control car careened past a group of people gathered for a governor's news conference in Northwest Baltimore.
Suzanne Collins reports the car then sailed across a busy road and crashed into subway tracks.
A crowd gathered on the Northwest Plaza parking lot panicked as a car came racing toward them. The car tore up a bank and flew over Wabash Avenue, ending on the subway tracks. Amazingly, the driver seemed uninjured.
"When I started it up, and placed it in gear, it just like hydroplaned. It was nothing I could do, but just try to maneuver it from tearing up anything or hitting people", said driver Margarie Hall.
Hall, who had been shopping at Northwest Plaza, says it must have been a mechanical problem.
"I was concerned about the people standing over there and I couldn't stop. It just kept going," she said.
"We were setting up for a press conference to talk about the governor's foreclosure prevention event that we are doing today, when all of a sudden, a vehicle came through the middle of the press conference, up over the embankment," said Jawauna Greene, Maryland Transportation Authority spokesperson. "We had staff people who were literally within inches of getting struck by that vehicle."
Witnesses say it's also amazing with heavy traffic, no cars were struck on Wabash Avenue.
"Once she hit that hill, she went airborne, she was pretty high," said Donald Smith. "I saw her cut through that crowd. I thought it may be some person who wanted to kill themselves."
Hall says it's a blessing she didn't injure anyone.
"The Lord is on my side. I know he is going to take care of me and I just turned it over to him and that's why I am feeling the way I am because I am not hurt and I have my sound mind and I'm fine," said Hall.
Hall, 79, will not be charged in the crash. No was hurt in the crash. Officials say a parked car and some fences did receive some damage.
The governor's news conference did take place on that parking lot, a half hour later than it was scheduled.
(© MMIX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)
Great NFL Hair
Click to enlarge
Stumble It!
Reporting
