Woman Drives Station Wagon Into Bookstore

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[day10]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A woman drove a station wagon through a wall of the Barnes & Noble bookstore, sending glass, wood and books flying. Three people suffered leg injuries. Two were taken to a hospital.

The store was filled with shoppers at about 2 p.m. Sunday when the Subaru station wagon plowed backward through picture windows in a reading area in the store's northwest corner. The car took out the travel section and barreled about 40 feet through the bookstore before coming to rest in nonfiction.

"I thought it was an earthquake," said shopper Chris Badgett, 27. "There was screaming, people were running. I was running too."

The driver, Linda A. Duck, 58, has not been charged. She was not injured.

Just before the Subaru hit, Geoff Brosamer was sitting in the reading area, a space with armchairs, reading tables, framed portraits of famous authors and a fireplace.

Brosamer walked to the checkout counter and asked staff members to announce that his creative writing group would be meeting in the lounge. He walked back to the lounge, looked out the window, and saw the Subaru approaching.

"I saw this car turning, like it was going to go into the parking space," Brosamer said. "And then she just kept going and going."

The sound of shattering glass was deafening, witnesses said. People screamed and shrieked and dodged the car as it headed toward the fireplace, jerked right, and smashed into shelves of travel and history books.

A retired police officer helped get the driver out of the car. Two dogs in the back of the Subaru were taken to an animal clinic for safekeeping.

Duck told witnesses she'd just taken her dogs for a run and decided to stop by Barnes & Noble on her way home. She seemed to be in shock, bystanders said.

The store never closed.

Anchorage police spokesman Paul Honeman said Monday investigators will try to determine whether there was a mechanical failure or driver error that led to the incident.

[day10]

For your consideration.

[Dashing Dasher]

I read the headline and thought - My mother was in Anchorage?

[pipecorp]

the car took out the travel section???? hmmm... it was looking for directions?

[day10]

Wow - you are good! I didnt even have time to ping anyone.

[brivette]

Duck,dive,cover.

[Dashing Dasher]

The car took out the travel section and barreled about 40 feet through the bookstore before coming to rest in nonfiction.

SWEET!!!

This stuff writes itself.

[SamAdams76]

I wasn't going to believe this story until I realized that the car finally parked in the non-fiction section.

[gorush]

No doubt looking for a book on brake repair.

[Michael Goldsberry]

The car took out the travel section and barreled about 40 feet through the bookstore before coming to rest in nonfiction.

ROTFLMAO!

[patton]

My great-grandmother lived in Anchorage - Bertha Cortez Patton.

[HitmanLV]

Sudden acceleration. What was it, the Audis back in the mid 1980s? A rash of women reporting the car suddenly acclerated on them?

[Dashing Dasher]

Sudden acceleration. What was it, the Audis back in the mid 1980s? A rash of women reporting the car suddenly acclerated on them?

HERE WE GO AGAIN!!!

UGH!

[najida]

Oh boy....

What a way to shop. :)

[txroadkill]

Next time someone asks for this book, I'll bet they bring it to her.

[Larry Lucido]

So, was the driver booked?

[RedBeaconNY]

Introduce her to Billy Joel; I believe he has more than a few drive-ins to claim as his own. They should get along just magnificently!

[b4its2late]

Did you hear the one about the blond who thought Barnes and Noble had a drive thru?

[Talking_Mouse]

The store never closed.

My kind of book store.

[Larry Lucido]

So, was the driver booked?

Never mind. Says here she was booked, printed and bound over for trial. Since the the jail is overcrowed, they picked up her temporary accommodations at a table of con-tents.

[Dashing Dasher]

LOL!!!!

[carlr]

The driver, Linda A. Duck,

How would you like to have that name.

[Fierce Allegiance]

The driver, Linda A. Duck, 58, has not been charged.

If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck and drives like a duck, then

Duck!

[day10]

Hey - it wasn't me. Note my kyword - LOL.

[Fierce Allegiance]

How would you like to have that name.

I worked with a girl whose last name was Kuntz. I'd prefer Duck to that!

[Dashing Dasher]

I'll behave.


tomorrow...

[Dashing Dasher]

It cost me $200 and my name was changed forever.

Now, I'm known worldwide as Dashing Dasher.


Honestly - if you don't like the name your parents gave you - NOTHING is stopping you from changing it.

[PaulaB]

[Dashing Dasher]

You ain't right, girl!

[PaulaB]

True...true

but hey a gal has to have

something to look forward to

[Arrowhead1952]

Next time someone asks for this book, I'll bet they bring it to her.

It will be in the nonfiction section as well.

[Fierce Allegiance]

Glad I broughtmy glasses home to read thatone.

I wish my space barworked better. Unnngh!

[PaulaB]

LOL......

sorry ;)

[najida]

Hi ya'll.

[Fierce Allegiance]

Ain't your fault I'm getting old.

[Fierce Allegiance]

OK, so I have a new obsession. Ain't life grand :)

So, what's his name?

[csvset]

[najida]

It's more of an it :)

Whatcha up to??

[Fierce Allegiance]

So he's neutered? < ducking>

I'm just refereeing a 9 year old twin girls boxing match, you?

[najida]

Neutered!?!

Well, (counting dogs, cats etc) there are about erm, ah...
a whole bunch of those ;)

I'm just working out and preparing for class tomorrow night...

Rather be doing that than what you're doin'...God love ya:)

[Fierce Allegiance]

It still beats not being with them.

Have fun working out.

[najida]

Have fun with your girls :)

[Fierce Allegiance]

Thanks. Time to run them up to bed. They are so cute when they are sleeping.

[Maximus of Texas]

Just another reason why women shouldn't drive (unless they're going to the store to get their man a six-pack of beer)

[PaulaB]

Hey sweetie..

sorry..Dallas Monday Night Football

my house is NUTS!!!! ;)

[teenyelliott]

The last time I drove, I accidentally ran over my husband repeatedly, killing him.

I told my new husband I would never drive again. Unless I am asked to go get his beer.

[PaulaB]

I know but a good

friend is always sympathetic

to your disabilities LOL

[PaulaB]

LOL...your a good woman

[Fierce Allegiance]

[freedumb2003]

I have seen many women drive automatics with one foot on the gas and the other on the brake. Clearly, this can cause a problem getting one foot confused with the other.

I have never seen a man drive this way. Same foot goes from gas to brake. Impossible to hit the wrong one, unless stoned.

[teenyelliott]

I had an Audi back in the 80's. Best car I have ever owned.