"Voooom and boom, it hit the building," said mother April Walls recalls the sounds as she watched this car crash through this wall.
"All of the sudden this car it was parked and then all of the sudden, the car just revved up and drove through the building," added Walls.
The Chevy came so fast from this parking spot only 50 yards away, that it not only crashed through one, but two walls in this head start center. The Headstart program walls, computers and furniture for preschoolers. All ruined.
It was frightening to watch for walls. Her three year Ja'Mya attends school here and she is a volunteer.
"All the bricks and everything just fell down, and one of the guys just got out the car and then they just started backing up and parked right there," said Walls.
Directors say this happened at the busiest time of the day, when parents are dropping off their kids and volunteers are standing outside. They say it's amazing that a kid wasn't standing in front of the wall. "All of the children were removed, at the time we had a 117 children in the building and the staff followed everything perfectly," said Sean Lee from the Head Start program.
Why this car came barreling through the wall remains a mystery. Police say the driver is facing charges of reckless driving, driving with a revoked license and no insurance. While school officials wait on repairs, the building is being boarded up for security purposes.
"Well over a million dollars, it's really state of the art and it s beautiful building and its really unfortunate to see," said Lee.
They say this is a lesson for all parents...to take it slow.
"A lot of parents get offended but we are not out here to offend any parents but we are just out here for the concern, the concern of the safety for out children," added Walls.
School officials say they will have to raise money for any damage that insurance does not cover. Despite all of the problems today, school went on.
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Saturday, November 28, 2009
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Keselowski prevails in crash-filled Nationwide race at Memphis
Brad Keselowski held off a furious charge from Kyle Busch on the final lap to win Saturday's Kroger On Track For The Cure 250 Nationwide Series race at Memphis Motorsports Park.
Matt Kenseth got into the back of Steve Wallace and put Wallace into a spin in the closing laps, which set up a green-white-checkered finish. As Keselowski and Busch headed to the finish line, Busch moved to the inside of Keselowski and bumped into him. Keselowski managed to hold on and cross the line 0.090 ahead of Busch for the win.
"It felt like I was getting nudged all the way around," Keselowski said. "The tires were so loose."
Keselowski, who's heading to the Sprint Cup Series next year to drive the No.12 Dodge for Penske Racing, picked up his fourth victory of the season and the sixth of his Nationwide career.
His aggressive driving on the 0.75-mile track led to several incidents, including one with Carl Edwards in the closing laps.
"That's short track racing," Keselowski said. "I got into the back of Carl and that was the one I feel worse about. I didn't know he was going to make that move."
Keselowski received a $25,000 bonus from series title sponsor Nationwide Insurance for winning the fourth and final "Dash 4 Cash" event in the inaugural year of the bonus program. He also collected a $50,000 award from the insurance company for accumulating the most points during the four races.
Busch's second-place finish allowed him to pad his lead to 215 points over Edwards with just three races to go.
"I should be happy with what we had here with a second-place finish," Busch said. "We didn't have the car that shouldn't have finished in the top-10, but I broke another record and lost a lot of money today."
Edwards rebounded nicely from his spin to finish sixth.
"I hope it was just a racing deal," Edwards said. "I like Brad a lot. He was probably out there thinking, 'hey, I'm going to wreck him.' But he probably didn't give me the space either."
Jason Leffler, Mike Bliss and rookie Brendan Gaughan completed the top-five.
Scott Wimmer finished seventh, followed by David Reutimann, Stephen Leicht and Landon Cassill, who made his first series start since October 2008 at Phoenix. Cassill won rookie-of-the-year honors on the circuit last year.
The race featured 14 cautions, including one for a horrifying crash that involved Eric McClure. Michael McDowell hit McClure from behind, sending him hard into the wall.
McClure was not injured, but needed assistance while exiting his battered car.
"I'm a little bit sore, but I think I'll be okay," McClure said.
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Matt Kenseth got into the back of Steve Wallace and put Wallace into a spin in the closing laps, which set up a green-white-checkered finish. As Keselowski and Busch headed to the finish line, Busch moved to the inside of Keselowski and bumped into him. Keselowski managed to hold on and cross the line 0.090 ahead of Busch for the win.
"It felt like I was getting nudged all the way around," Keselowski said. "The tires were so loose."
Keselowski, who's heading to the Sprint Cup Series next year to drive the No.12 Dodge for Penske Racing, picked up his fourth victory of the season and the sixth of his Nationwide career.
His aggressive driving on the 0.75-mile track led to several incidents, including one with Carl Edwards in the closing laps.
"That's short track racing," Keselowski said. "I got into the back of Carl and that was the one I feel worse about. I didn't know he was going to make that move."
Keselowski received a $25,000 bonus from series title sponsor Nationwide Insurance for winning the fourth and final "Dash 4 Cash" event in the inaugural year of the bonus program. He also collected a $50,000 award from the insurance company for accumulating the most points during the four races.
Busch's second-place finish allowed him to pad his lead to 215 points over Edwards with just three races to go.
"I should be happy with what we had here with a second-place finish," Busch said. "We didn't have the car that shouldn't have finished in the top-10, but I broke another record and lost a lot of money today."
Edwards rebounded nicely from his spin to finish sixth.
"I hope it was just a racing deal," Edwards said. "I like Brad a lot. He was probably out there thinking, 'hey, I'm going to wreck him.' But he probably didn't give me the space either."
Jason Leffler, Mike Bliss and rookie Brendan Gaughan completed the top-five.
Scott Wimmer finished seventh, followed by David Reutimann, Stephen Leicht and Landon Cassill, who made his first series start since October 2008 at Phoenix. Cassill won rookie-of-the-year honors on the circuit last year.
The race featured 14 cautions, including one for a horrifying crash that involved Eric McClure. Michael McDowell hit McClure from behind, sending him hard into the wall.
McClure was not injured, but needed assistance while exiting his battered car.
"I'm a little bit sore, but I think I'll be okay," McClure said.
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