{"id":45613,"date":"2014-03-13T08:08:18","date_gmt":"2014-03-13T16:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=45613"},"modified":"2014-03-13T08:25:00","modified_gmt":"2014-03-13T16:25:00","slug":"car-plows-into-crowd-outside-vans-sxsw-venue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=45613","title":{"rendered":"Car Plows Into Crowd Near Vans’ SXSW Venue"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"14austin-TJH3-superJumbo\"<\/a>Last night an possibly drunk driver fleeing police crashed his car into a crowd of people in Austin, Texas directly in front of The Mohawk<\/strong><\/a>, home this week to the SXSW\u00a0House of Vans At The Mohawk<\/a>.<\/strong> It was just after 12:30 AM (March 13, 2014) and\u00a0fans were cued up outside for a Tyler, The Creator<\/strong> live show.<\/p>\n

Two people where killed and 23 people were injured,\u00a0according to a story in the\u00a0New York Times<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Austin police chief, Art Acevedo, told reporters that officers on the lookout for drunken drivers had tried to pull the motorist over about 12:30 a.m. at a service station near the clubs and other venues that were hosting events related to the annual cultural and technology festival. . .\u00a0But the driver suddenly sped off, Chief Acevedo said, heading the wrong way down Ninth Street, a one-way street in downtown Austin, before turning onto Red River Street, where he rammed through a police barricade and struck several vehicles, including a moped and a taxi, in addition to hitting the pedestrians. A police officer stationed at the barricade narrowly avoided injury.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Stance’s<\/strong><\/a> Erica Yary<\/strong> was nearby when the accident happened. “Witnessed the worst thing I’ve ever seen tonight,” Yary said in an Instagram post<\/strong><\/a>. “If you pray, please pray for the deceased and the families of those injured and killed tonight. I don’t why this person plowed through dozens of people, but they destroyed many lives tonight. I’m so lucky my coworkers\/friends and I were at a safe distance.”<\/p>\n

The as-yet-unnamed driver of the car attempted to flee on foot but was caught and tasered. According to the Times, the driver will likely be charged with “capital murder charges.”<\/p>\n

According to sources no Vans employees were injured in the accident, but our thoughts are with those injured and the family and friends of the two people who were killed.<\/p>\n

[Link: New York Times<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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