A PERSON has died with five more injured after a van violently plowed through a crowd of runners. The driver was working with the The Bear Race in North Carolina when they rammed the unsuspecting runners on Thursday. Several victims were severely injured and suffered broken bones after being struck. The event occurred around 6.50pm […]
A PERSON has died with five more injured after a van violently plowed through a crowd of runners.
The driver was working with the The Bear Race in North Carolina when they rammed the unsuspecting runners on Thursday.
Several victims were severely injured and suffered broken bones after being struck.
The event occurred around 6.50pm ET in Linville.
The driver was working with the race to transport people up and down the mountainside, Linville Highway Patrol said.
The van accelerated into the runners before hitting a 4×4 vehicle at the event, WSOC-TV reported.
Troopers are still investigating the events that led up to the tragedy, but officials say there was no malicious intent or terroristic intentions behind it.
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