A 72-year-old gym member was killed after a woman crashed her SUV into the front of a Planet Fitness, CBS News reports.
The unidentified man was exercising near the large front windows of the Elizabeth, New Jersey, gym when the 69-year-old drove her Jeep onto the curb and through the glass at around 12:20 p.m. local time, according to local authorities. The elderly man was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver and another man, identified as a 59-year-old who was using a treadmill at the time of the crash, were both hospitalized. The Planet Fitness building suffered structural damage, which is being used as evidence from the crash scene, and the vehicle was later removed from the building, which has been shut down until further notice pending an ongoing investigation.
“It’s terrible. It’s terrible. That’s bad. My blessings go out to the victims and the driver. I don’t know what happened,” said Richard Whitfield, a Planet Fitness member who witnessed the crash take place via CBS News. “Before I leave, I drink Muscle Milk and I will sit right there on the ledge where the windows at. Yeah, I was thinking about that, man.”
“Kind of like shocking to me because I always work out over there. I’m extremely upset that that happened,” added another member who asked not to be identified.
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