NY - Long Island, Car Plows into Nail Salon, 4 Dead, 9 Injured, 06/28/2024

[Rikissa]

The night before?? What about the day it happened?

jmo

According to the article he stopped drinking at 4.a.m. Friday morning, and caused the accident later that day.

 

[Twick]

Hitting the accelerator is a horrible thing because your instinct is to step down harder when the car won’t stop.

I had it happen when I’d gotten a new car, and the brake wasn’t where muscle memory told me it should be.

 

[azure]

Hitting the accelerator is a horrible thing because your instinct is to step down harder when the car won’t stop.

I had it happen when I’d gotten a new car, and the brake wasn’t where muscle memory told me it should be.

I don't think this was the issue in this case. The defendant was wasted from drinking 18 beers the night before, was seen speeding across an adjacent parking lot, and careened into the nail salon after attempting to pass another car at a high rate of speed. This wasn't an elderly person hitting the accelerator instead of the brake.

 

[DS2021]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/02/us/long-island-nail-salon-steven-schwally/index.html

"The driver who authorities say plowed his SUV into a Long Island nail salon Friday, killing four people and injuring nine others, told police he had consumed 18 beers the night before the accident, according to CNN affiliate WABC."

Thats a roughhhh 64