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Monster Truck Plows Into Crowd

Mother and child seriously injured

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 10, 2007 5:19 AM CDT
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(Newser) – A mother and child were seriously injured yesterday when a monster truck stunt went horribly wrong and the vehicle plowed into a crowd of 100 spectators, AP reports. The trunk was crushing cars outside an auto parts store in Dekalb, Illinois, when the accident occurred. Another mother and her four children were treated at a local hospital and released.

 "There was this sound of steel crunching," said a witness. "I ran over and saw a woman and a little girl lying on the ground." The truck plowed into the crowd after the driver "floored it and it landed on the back tires," said another spectator. "It sounded like he couldn't get the gas off and it kept going and going."

An unidentified man runs toward a NAPA monster truck after it drove through a crowd and careened over train tracks in downtown DeKalb, Ill., on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007, during a car crushing demonstration. Nine people were taken to area hospitals for injuries sustained in the accident. (AP Photo/Daily Chronicle,...
An unidentified man runs toward a NAPA monster truck after it drove through a crowd and careened over train tracks in downtown DeKalb, Ill., on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007, during a car crushing demonstration....   (Associated Press)
The driver of the monster truck, who declined to be identified, which crashed through a crowd of onlookers during a car crushing demonstration, leans against the wheel of his truck as emergency personnel talk to officials on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007, in DeKalb, Ill. The monster truck performing stunts in...
The driver of the monster truck, who declined to be identified, which crashed through a crowd of onlookers during a car crushing demonstration, leans against the wheel of his truck as emergency personnel...   (Associated Press)
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