# Holy shit! A truck carrying cars just crashed into the restaurant next door! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 20, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-a-truck-carrying-cars-just-crashed-into-the-restaurant-next-door/691242 "2014-06-20T20:36:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-a-truck-carrying-cars-just-crashed-into-the-restaurant-next-door/691242/1 "2014-06-20T20:36:13Z")
I work in the office building next door to a restaurant. Our windows were open because it’s nice. We didn’t see the crash, but we sure as hell heard it. If there are no dead people inside, it’s a miracle. Ambulances, cops, fire trucks, everything is outside. The truck was coming down a steep hill and now it’s buried in the building. A passersby said it looked like he lost brakes, but he may have passed out. I just walked outside to look and my hands are shaking. Never been this close to a legitimate tragedy before. If he’d crashed into my building, I’d be a fuckin’ grease spot right now. The people who were eating dinner and the waitstaff are probably fuckin’ grease spots right now. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-a-truck-carrying-cars-just-crashed-into-the-restaurant-next-door/691242/2 "2014-06-20T20:45:22Z")
What city? ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-a-truck-carrying-cars-just-crashed-into-the-restaurant-next-door/691242/3 "2014-06-20T20:47:44Z")
Sad and scary. I’m glad you’re ok, Rachel. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-a-truck-carrying-cars-just-crashed-into-the-restaurant-next-door/691242/4 "2014-06-20T20:52:56Z")
Ithaca, NY It happened right before rush so I’m sure traffic’s going to be an issue. Not that that is important. I heard it was full of diners and one was a pregnant woman. I don’t know how my coworker found that out, maybe he went out and saw someone being carried out. I don’t even know how they’re going to get to the people inside because the front door, windows, and whole facade are caved in ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-a-truck-carrying-cars-just-crashed-into-the-restaurant-next-door/691242/5 "2014-06-20T20:54:06Z")
Story here: [http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20140620/NEWS01/306200044/Tractor-trailer-crashes-into-Ithaca-restaurant](http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20140620/NEWS01/306200044/Tractor-trailer-crashes-into-Ithaca-restaurant) Holy mazoley. I think that entire building is going to come down. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-a-truck-carrying-cars-just-crashed-into-the-restaurant-next-door/691242/6 "2014-06-20T20:57:58Z")
Good grief, what a horror. Just hoping that those injured are going to be OK, but by the look of the scene I’m not confident. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-a-truck-carrying-cars-just-crashed-into-the-restaurant-next-door/691242/7 "2014-06-20T21:00:24Z")
DAMN that news cycle is fucking fast. Thanks for the link **MsWhatsit**. I did not want to take pictures because it seems unseemly. I am glad to know that they were able to reach the wounded quickly You can’t see it well in that picture, but there are apartments above the truck and a whole corner of them is crumbling down. You can kinda see the rooms ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-a-truck-carrying-cars-just-crashed-into-the-restaurant-next-door/691242/8 "2014-06-20T21:03:21Z")
Wow. I agree with **MsWhatsit.** The building is already leaning, once they remove the truck, I think at least part of the building will collapse. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-a-truck-carrying-cars-just-crashed-into-the-restaurant-next-door/691242/9 "2014-06-20T21:11:48Z")
Not a good day for [big trucks plowing into eateries](http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/injured-garbage-truck-crashes-brooklyn-deli-article-1.1837266) in NY? :eek: Even the two pictures are remarkably similar! ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-a-truck-carrying-cars-just-crashed-into-the-restaurant-next-door/691242/10 "2014-06-20T21:13:31Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Wow. I agree with **MsWhatsit.** The building is already leaning, once they remove the truck, I think at least part of the building will collapse. I could be wrong, but I think that “leaning” is an optical effect of the wide angle lens. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-a-truck-carrying-cars-just-crashed-into-the-restaurant-next-door/691242/11 "2014-06-20T21:23:32Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Wow. I agree with **MsWhatsit.** The building is already leaning, once they remove the truck, I think at least part of the building will collapse. _Or so they’d have us think_. There’s no way a truck could cause that kind of damage. Obviously a controlled demolition. Wake up, sheeple! ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-a-truck-carrying-cars-just-crashed-into-the-restaurant-next-door/691242/12 "2014-06-20T21:33:25Z")
[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/9m9HiNr.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/9m9HiNr) I can’t get close now that the police tape is up, but if you zoom in you can see inside people’s apartments! ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-a-truck-carrying-cars-just-crashed-into-the-restaurant-next-door/691242/13 "2014-06-20T21:48:37Z")
Wow, shit. Glad you are OK. I hope there aren’t any fatalities or serious injuries as a result. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-a-truck-carrying-cars-just-crashed-into-the-restaurant-next-door/691242/14 "2014-06-20T22:32:30Z")
Hearsay only, but my fiance’s co-worker’s father is a funeral director and said one child has died. So far. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-a-truck-carrying-cars-just-crashed-into-the-restaurant-next-door/691242/15 "2014-06-20T23:04:46Z")
Why the heck do they have SWAT on site? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-a-truck-carrying-cars-just-crashed-into-the-restaurant-next-door/691242/16 "2014-06-20T23:30:51Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > Why the heck do they have SWAT on site? All hands on deck? ---
**Author:** ![DaphneBlack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daphneblack/32/5389_2.png) [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-a-truck-carrying-cars-just-crashed-into-the-restaurant-next-door/691242/17 "2014-06-20T23:32:01Z")
Geez, I used to eat at Viva Taqueria near there a lot in college. I don’t see how that building isn’t coming down. Those are dangerous hills! ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-a-truck-carrying-cars-just-crashed-into-the-restaurant-next-door/691242/18 "2014-06-20T23:43:06Z")
According to [USA Today](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/06/20/1-killed-4-injured-after-truck-crashes-into-ny-restaurant/11141793/), that’s an actual lean to the building. Also one dead, four injured. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-a-truck-carrying-cars-just-crashed-into-the-restaurant-next-door/691242/19 "2014-06-20T23:49:04Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > Why the heck do they have SWAT on site? It’s probably the only SWAT truck owned by the city, it makes sense to air it out occasionally. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-a-truck-carrying-cars-just-crashed-into-the-restaurant-next-door/691242/20 "2014-06-20T23:53:21Z")
SWAT teams often have training in rigging and high-rise rescue. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-a-truck-carrying-cars-just-crashed-into-the-restaurant-next-door/691242.md?page=2)