Houston police stated a 61-year-old man by chance stored his foot on the fuel whereas reversing from a parking house.
HOUSTON — A number of individuals have been injured, together with a baby, after a automobile plowed right into a barbershop in west Houston Saturday afternoon.
It occurred on the 32 Degreez Barbershop on Westheimer Highway close to Freeway 6 round 12:20 p.m.
Houston police stated a 61-year-old man by chance stored his foot on the fuel whereas reversing from a parking house. He struck one other automobile earlier than ramming via the barbershop wall.
Barber Chez Roberston stated the automobile scraped him.
“It clipped my leg from the again as a result of I used to be working,” he stated.
Roberston was extra frightened for a kid whose hair he was about to chop.
“As quickly as I made a transfer, the automobile plowed via the barbershop, and it hit my 10-year-old consumer. It really took him via the wall, so it was a traumatizing expertise for certain,” he stated. “Thank god he gave me some sort of indication and caught his hand over the automobile that hit him and I noticed that and I reached for him and pulled him out.”
HPD stated three individuals have been damage, together with the kid.
Roberston stated he spoke to the boy’s mom, who instructed him he had to enter surgical procedure.
Barbershop proprietor Darrick Brown stated it is exhausting to see his enterprise like this.
“I am not upset however I am dissatisfied,” Brown stated.
He is extra frightened about his prospects.
“We will put the store again collectively, that’s nothing. However for that little boy, I’m simply praying for him,” Brown stated.
He’s now targeted on cleansing up and reopening the store, decided to maneuver ahead.
“The factor is man to get again up and working, so we will proceed enterprise as typical,” he stated.
Houston police have confirmed that the motive force shall be discovered at fault, although the investigation into the crash is ongoing.
