New barriers were placed outside a Massachusetts Apple store days after one person was killed and 20 others hurt when an SUV crashed into the store at a high rate of speed, according to witnesses.It wasn’t clear when the Apple store at the Hingham Derby Street Shops would reopen. The store front remains boarded up following the Monday morning crash.Bradley Rein, 53, of Hingham, was arrested hours after his 2019 Toyota 4Runner barreled into the store Monday at 10:45 a.m., smashing through the glass, which struck multiple people, Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz said. Rein told officials that “his right foot became stuck on the accelerator and his vehicle accelerated,” according to a police report.”Mr. Rein stated that he used his left foot to try to brake but was unable to stop the vehicle and the vehicle crashed through the front of the Apple store,” the report said.The crash claimed the life of Kevin Bradley, 65, of New Jersey, according to the District Attorney’s Office. Bradley, who worked for GMS Construction, was with a co-worker moving a barrier outside the store when Bradley was struck by the SUV before the vehicle crashed into the building, according to the police report.Click here to reach a GoFundMe page set up to help Bradley’s familyRein told police he had no medical issues that would impair his ability to drive and that he had been servicing his vehicle regularly, according to the police report.Rein was charged with motor vehicle homicide by reckless operation and reckless operation of a motor vehicle during his arraignment in Hingham District Court and held on $100,000 bail.Officials said Rein has no criminal record in Massachusetts, however his driving history shows he was taken into custody and cited for driving under the influence after a crash in Roxbury, Vermont, in December 2020, according to Vermont State Police. Moments after Monday’s crash, video from Sky 5 showed a large hole in the glass front of the store. There were multiple people on the ground outside the store being tended to by the dozens of first responders at the scene. Twenty patients were treated at South Shore Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Boston Medical Center. The store opened at 10 a.m. on Monday, and the crash happened less than an hour after it opened.”Really… absolute unthinkable event that occurred at that store when you’re just going there to buy a phone or get something fixed or whatever it may be, it’s absolutely unthinkable,” Cruz said.”We are devastated by the shocking events at Apple Derby Street today and the tragic loss of a professional who was onsite supporting recent construction at the store,” Apple said in a written statement. “Our hearts go out to our team members and customers who were injured and all of those who were affected by this terrible incident.””We got a hysterical phone call. One minute, it’s just a routine day at work. Next thing, a car comes crashing through the building,” said John Dinanno, whose daughter was injured in the crash, transported to South Shore Hospital and released from the hospital Monday night. “We’re just relieved that she’s going to be OK. I just thank God that she’s fine. Just something to be thankful for as we’re getting closer to Thanksgiving.””She was hit and she said that she had a broken bone, and she had cuts and scrapes all over her. She’s just hurting really bad,” said Susan Gamble, whose niece was transported to South Shore Hospital after the crash. “In fact, last night, she went there and she forgot her wallet and she had to go back today — and then this happened.” A witness said the driver appeared to be injured, but alert, following the crash.Frank O’Brien, who was shopping at Derby Street at the time, told the Patriot Ledger he wondered how fast a car would have to go to bust through the glass in front of the store.”You’d have to really be picking up speed to end up in the storage area at the back side of the Apple store,” he said.One person who was inside the store at the time of the crash said the SUV appeared to be moving at a high rate of speed when it crashed into the store.”It was like a big explosion,” another witness, who was outside, said. “It was so loud.”A man who spoke with NewsCenter 5 said his friend was in the Apple store at the time of the crash and that she estimated the car was traveling about 50 mph when it came through the front of the building.”That was her guess,” he said.Cruz would only say that the SUV was traveling at an undetermined speed when it crashed into the store.”Regarding the operator of the motor vehicle, we’re looking into that,” Cruz said. “Regarding the status of the motor vehicle, we’re looking into that. Obviously, we’re going to get the information we can and go forward.””We are devastated by tragedy and are grateful to our on-site team and to the South Shore’s first responders for their immediate attention,” Derby Street Shops said in a statement on social media. “Our hearts go out to the victims, their families and our Derby Street community.”Derby Street Shops at 92-98 Derby St. in Hingham, are a collection of 64 stores and restaurants. The 4,000-square-foot Apple store is located in the rear of the outdoor shopping plaza, next to Burton’s Grill. It opened in 2006.
New barriers were placed outside a Massachusetts Apple store days after one person was killed and 20 others hurt when an SUV crashed into the store at a high rate of speed, according to witnesses.
It wasn’t clear when the Apple store at the Hingham Derby Street Shops would reopen. The store front remains boarded up following the Monday morning crash.
Bradley Rein, 53, of Hingham, was arrested hours after his 2019 Toyota 4Runner barreled into the store Monday at 10:45 a.m., smashing through the glass, which struck multiple people, Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz said.
Rein told officials that “his right foot became stuck on the accelerator and his vehicle accelerated,” according to a police report.
“Mr. Rein stated that he used his left foot to try to brake but was unable to stop the vehicle and the vehicle crashed through the front of the Apple store,” the report said.
The crash claimed the life of Kevin Bradley, 65, of New Jersey, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
Bradley, who worked for GMS Construction, was with a co-worker moving a barrier outside the store when Bradley was struck by the SUV before the vehicle crashed into the building, according to the police report.
Rein told police he had no medical issues that would impair his ability to drive and that he had been servicing his vehicle regularly, according to the police report.
Rein was charged with motor vehicle homicide by reckless operation and reckless operation of a motor vehicle during his arraignment in Hingham District Court and held on $100,000 bail.
Officials said Rein has no criminal record in Massachusetts, however his driving history shows he was taken into custody and cited for driving under the influence after a crash in Roxbury, Vermont, in December 2020, according to Vermont State Police.
Moments after Monday’s crash, video from Sky 5 showed a large hole in the glass front of the store. There were multiple people on the ground outside the store being tended to by the dozens of first responders at the scene.
Twenty patients were treated at South Shore Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Boston Medical Center.
The store opened at 10 a.m. on Monday, and the crash happened less than an hour after it opened.
“Really… absolute unthinkable event that occurred at that store when you’re just going there to buy a phone or get something fixed or whatever it may be, it’s absolutely unthinkable,” Cruz said.
“We are devastated by the shocking events at Apple Derby Street today and the tragic loss of a professional who was onsite supporting recent construction at the store,” Apple said in a written statement. “Our hearts go out to our team members and customers who were injured and all of those who were affected by this terrible incident.”
“We got a hysterical phone call. One minute, it’s just a routine day at work. Next thing, a car comes crashing through the building,” said John Dinanno, whose daughter was injured in the crash, transported to South Shore Hospital and released from the hospital Monday night. “We’re just relieved that she’s going to be OK. I just thank God that she’s fine. Just something to be thankful for as we’re getting closer to Thanksgiving.”
“She was hit and she said that she had a broken bone, and she had cuts and scrapes all over her. She’s just hurting really bad,” said Susan Gamble, whose niece was transported to South Shore Hospital after the crash. “In fact, last night, she went there and she forgot her wallet and she had to go back today — and then this happened.”
A witness said the driver appeared to be injured, but alert, following the crash.
Frank O’Brien, who was shopping at Derby Street at the time, told the Patriot Ledger he wondered how fast a car would have to go to bust through the glass in front of the store.
“You’d have to really be picking up speed to end up in the storage area at the back side of the Apple store,” he said.
One person who was inside the store at the time of the crash said the SUV appeared to be moving at a high rate of speed when it crashed into the store.
“It was like a big explosion,” another witness, who was outside, said. “It was so loud.”
A man who spoke with NewsCenter 5 said his friend was in the Apple store at the time of the crash and that she estimated the car was traveling about 50 mph when it came through the front of the building.
“That was her guess,” he said.
Cruz would only say that the SUV was traveling at an undetermined speed when it crashed into the store.
“Regarding the operator of the motor vehicle, we’re looking into that,” Cruz said. “Regarding the status of the motor vehicle, we’re looking into that. Obviously, we’re going to get the information we can and go forward.”
“We are devastated by [Monday’s] tragedy and are grateful to our on-site team and to the South Shore’s first responders for their immediate attention,” Derby Street Shops said in a statement on social media. “Our hearts go out to the victims, their families and our Derby Street community.”
Derby Street Shops at 92-98 Derby St. in Hingham, are a collection of 64 stores and restaurants. The 4,000-square-foot Apple store is located in the rear of the outdoor shopping plaza, next to Burton’s Grill. It opened in 2006.