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Topic: University Place 8 temporarily closed.
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John H. Crawford
Film Handler
Posts: 38
From: Carbondale Illinois USA
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted 01-26-2010 10:46 PM
This afternoon, an out of control Saluki Express bus (our name for the bus line) crashed right into the east wall of the Kerasotes University Place 8. Apparently the bus driver suffered a "medical episode" (speculation says he had a stroke) and drove the bus from the Wal Mart next door, drove across the road that divides the properties (which is 4 lanes), into the east parking lot of the shopping center that houses the theater, totalled about 4-5 cars, and finally crashed right into the wall of the theater. The bus crashed into it really hard, hard enough to put a good sized hole in the wall. Fortunately the theater was not occupied at the time, the first shows were not for a few hours. As of right now Kerasotes has temporarily closed the theater until a structural engineer checks the building out. The local paper already has a small story up on their site, with a picture. http://www.thesouthern.com/news/local/article_132f1c1a-0abf-11df-a375-001cc4c002e0.html
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WSIL story, with video: http://www.wsiltv.com/p/news_details.php?newsID=9350&type=top
Can't directly link it, but KFVS also has a video. http://www.kfvs12.com/
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