Van plows into ABC7 studio
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: News: "As he broadcast the news, WLS-Channel 7 anchor Ravi Baichwal became the news Sunday night.
'Ho!' a stunned Baichwal yelled shortly after a silver-gray Mazda MPV minivan crashed into ABC 7’s 190 N. State studio two minutes into the 10 p.m. newscast.
Police are investigating what caused the van to jump the curb and slam into the studio’s bullet-resistant glass, but a witness said the crash appeared deliberate. There were no known injuries, police said."Police are investigating what caused the van to jump the curb and slam into the studio’s bullet-resistant glass, but a witness said the crash appeared deliberate. There were no known injuries, police said.
Steven Parnell, 37, a sergeant with STAR detective agency, said he was patrolling the CTA Red Line subway when his boss called him about a suspicious vehicle parked in the middle of State. Parnell came up, spotted the minivan and approached it.
"He waved me off and rolled up his window," Parnell said of the driver, who then briefly began driving up and down State making U-turns.
The man then drove into the studio’s southeast corner -- about 15 to 20 feet from the anchor desk. The driver stayed in the car until police arrived and took him into custody.
Parnell heard him talking about how somebody "had killed his mother."
Regardless of what caused the crash, "the glass did exactly what it was supposed to do," ABC 7 General Manager Emily Barr said. Barr hoped to have the broken glass boarded up overnight.
"All of a sudden, our cozy little studio has a draft in it," Baichwal said later in the newscast. "This is a crazy situation that’s happening here at ABC 7. . . . Some onlookers say that this seemed to be an intentional act by the driver."
No charges or citations have been issued at 1:15 a.m. Monday, police News Affairs Officer David Banks said.
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