Horace Batchelor, 69, killed, and William Linton Spellman, 59, Sallie Daniels Twine, 66, and Deon Lethaniel Wiggins, 20, injured when car crashes into Vidant Medical Center emergency room in Greenville, North Carolina
Car crash in emergency room injures 4
Police said the driver was headed to the Vidant Medical Center and likely experienced a medical emergency.
The car crashed into a sign and went through the emergency department lobby. Seven people were in the lobby at the time.
1 dead, 3 injured after car crashes into NC hospital emergency room
A preliminary investigation showed Spellman, the driver of a Kia Spectra, was already enroute to the hospital when he likely experienced a medical emergency, crashed into a way-finding sign, and continued through the Emergency Department lobby before coming to a stop. There were a total of seven people inside the lobby at the time of the crash.
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