“The only thing I could think of is whoever’s family is in that car is just going to be a huge windfall of nothingness for a long, long time. May didn’t learn that the people he tried to save didn’t make it until later into his work shift. Someone close to the couple said they were on their way to church when the crash happened. Washington State Patrol did name the people in the BMW SUV. Joseph’s Medical Center in critical condition, 21-year-old Anthony Pena from Phoenix. Officials only named the person taken to St. Most are from Arizona and between 19 and 25 years old. Washington State Patrol released some information about the six victims. Six of those seven would tragically die in the intersection. Tacoma firefighters had to cut off the KIA’s roof to get to the people inside. He started to record again when police and fire arrived. It seems like forever when you’re waiting for someone to come and help you,” May said. My shoes have some holes in them from the embers. Mike and another person grabbed a fire extinguisher from a nearby semi-truck to try and put out the flames. It had gone around to the back and there was the worry the gas tank was going to explode.” That was our first concern was stopping the fire.
“It was so mangled in there I noticed that the lady in the front, her hair kept catching on fire. “We heard something in there and we wanted to get him out. He and other witnesses tried to do whatever they could to help the people inside the overturned KIA. It was horrible,” said May, who drove up to the wreckage shortly after the two cars, holding nine people between them, crashed. “I don’t even know if there’s anything that could have been done for those people because it was horrible. He meant to text his boss he’d be late but accidentally took a short video of the crash at the SR 509 and Alexander Avenue intersection. Michael May was on his way to work when he saw the aftermath. “It’s under investigation at this point.” He was asked if the vehicles were speeding. We haven’t been able to confirm that.”ĭatillo says the KIA and a white BMW SUV with two people inside met in a violent collision in the intersection. We don’t know of any seat belt usage at this point. “So, there were five available seat belts. “It is a five-seater car,” said Washington State Patrol Trooper Datillo. In all, seven people were in the KIA as it drove southbound on Alexander Avenue East. Five of them were placed near the KIA they were once in. It was a scene so devastating, out of respect for the family, we did not show the white sheets where the victims lay. It took investigators more than five hours to clear the scene for traffic to be allowed through after the terrible crash. And what troopers don’t know is if any of them were wearing a seatbelt. The victims were in a vehicle built for five people. Now investigators are trying to determine why the vehicles crashed. It collided with a BMW SUV shortly after 11 a.m. The Washington State Patrol said six people who rode in one car died at the scene. It happened on Alexander Avenue and State Route 509. TACOMA, WA (3TV/CBS 5/KIRO-TV) - Six people are dead after their car collided with an SUV in the Tacoma tideflats Sunday.
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