At 2:40pm Cleveland Fire Department was dispatched to an auto building accident at 901 East Houston. When they arrived they found a vehicle parked inside the building and multiple injured victims. A second and third ambulance were requested and Life Flight was dispatched.
Witnesses told Cleveland an 83-year-old man and his 79-year-old wife pulled up to the front of the East Texas Eye Center. As he attempted to park in front of the building he hit the gas instead of the brake causing the vehicle to strike the outside wall pushing it into the waiting room of the clinic. An 80-year-old woman sitting on the end was virtually launched out of her chair and across the room into the reception desk. She was transported by Life Flight to Hermann Hospital in Houston in critical condition with a head injury. Another woman and a man were transported in stable condition to Cleveland Hospital just blocks away. The driver of the vehicle was also transported.
Damage to the building was extensive. Several other people were lucky to escape including Angelia Cadwalder and her son who were in the same waiting room when it happened.
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