who is bleeding out? so i looked over. there was a lady sitting here, and she was hung up on the beer tap. there is the smell of gasoline, and the sound of the truck still in gear. the thing was running wide open, smoke coming off the rear wheels. chuck belland knows from his experience as a mechanic that the engine is in danger of exploding any second. kicking tables and chairs away. got to the truck and there was a big power cable right across the door of the truck on the passenger side. belland risks his life to shut off the truck s engine stepping on the high voltage cable the truck dragged in after hitting the utility pole. he s praying it isn t frayed. the woman in the driver s seat is shocked, her foot jammed against the accelerator. we didn t know if the bar was going to burn up, we didn t know what was going to happen.
i landed half in the kitchen. i picked myself up, found my glasses and i heard one guy yelling for help. the customer next to her is still sitting in his chair in a sea of debris. chuck belland is at the other end of the bar. slow the video down, you can see a table, just cleared the top of my head. karl is sitting next to belland. if you look in the video, i am the guy that s in the tan jacket. and you lose me in the cloud of debris. the bar is accordioned against the front wall and two other patrons are pinned against the bar, trapped beneath the rubble. i started checking myself out, stood up and the next reaction was, okay, who is hurt?
bystanders are threatened by another out-of-control vehicle. may 30th, 2012. 1:30 in little canada, minnesota. chuck belland has just taken a break at his auto repair shop and joins the regulars at their usual spots at gordies. chuck was right here. carl was right there. then you had jackie, jim, keith, and sandy. as usual, pat is tending bar. i make a good long island tea. i make a good bloody mary. two security cameras capture what happens next. all of a sudden, the whole bar exploded. i went flying in the air.
he survives a fractured spine and serious burns over 20% of his body. questions about what caused the driver s horrifying actions make national headlines. the 30-year-old suspect says he panicked and had no criminal intent but is convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to seven years in prison. out on bail during an appeal, he is arrested for drunk driving three years later. on may day 2011. and sent back to prison. thousands of miles away, bystanders are threatened by another out-of-control vehicle. may 30, 2012. 1:30 in little canada, minnesota. chuck belland has just taken a
end of the bar. slow the video down, you can see a table, just cleared the top of my head. carl is sitting next to belland. if you look in the video, i am the guy in a tan jacket, and you lose me in a cloud of debris. the bar is accordioned against the front wall, and two other patrons are pinned against the bar, trapped beneath the rubble. i started checking myself out, stood up and the next reaction was, okay, who is hurt? who is bleeding out? so i looked over. there was a lady sitting here, and she was hung up on the beer tap. there is the smell of gasoline, and the sound of the truck still in gear. the thing was running wide open, smoke coming off the rear wheels. chuck belland knows from his experience as a mechanic that