30 hurt when driver slams into Apache Junction Elks Lodge

GAME REACTION LATER IN SPORTS >> A TANGLE OF BODIES PUSHED UP UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK. I SHOULDN'T SAY BODIES. I MEAN PEOPLE, THEY WEREN'T. THEY WEREN'T BODIES. THEY WERE PEOPLE >> DOZENS OF PEOPLE ARE RECOVERING TONIGHT AFTER A TRUCK INTO AN ELKS LODGE IN APACHE JUNCTION. HAPPENED LAST NIGHT DURING OPEN MIC NIGHT. >> ONE PERSON IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION, AND POLICE SAY ALCOHOL WAS DEFINITELY A FACTOR. FOX TEN'S KENZIE BEACH IS LIVE WITH THE VERY LATEST KENZIE THIS IS JUST AWFUL. >> YEAH BRIAN. ASHLEY, WE'RE GRATEFUL THESE PEOPLE ARE OKAY, BUT TAKE A LOOK AT THIS BOARDED UP WALL. BEHIND THAT IS A GAPING HOLE WHERE THE DRIVER LANDED HIS ENTIRE PICKUP TRUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS BAR. NOW IT'S QUIET HERE RIGHT NOW, BUT IT WAS A SATURDAY NIGHT THAT STARTED OUT WITH FUN AND TONS OF MUSIC. BUT FOR 30 PEOPLE, IT QUICKLY TURNED INTO TERROR >> IN A MATTER IN A SPLIT SECOND, LIVES WERE CHANGED AND NOT FOR THE BETTER. IT WAS OPEN MIC NIGHT AT ELKS LODGE AS THE ROADHOUSE WRANGLERS PLAYED JUST LIKE THEY TYPICALLY DO ON A SATURDAY NIGHT >> EVERYBODY WAS VERY HAPPY UNTIL HE DROVE HIS TRUCK THROUGH THE CLUB. >> THE BAND WAS ON A BREAK, SITTING IN THE CROWD WHEN THINGS TOOK A TURN. DRUMMER RICHARD SICKLES REPLAYS THE MOMENT IT WAS LIKE A BOMB GOING OFF. >> EVERYTHING WAS REALLY QUIET FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN THE YELLING AND SCREAMING STARTED. >> 73 YEAR OLD THOMAS KANE SMASHED THROUGH THE CROWD AND ALL THE TABLES IN HIS PICKUP TRUCK. >> THAT TRUCK IT HAD TO HAVE HIT THAT DOOR AT 50 MILES AN HOUR OR MORE. >> PIANIST GEORGE LOWRY WAS THROWN TO THE GROUND AND SAYS NOBODY HAD THE CHANCE TO BRACE FOR IMPACT. >> LIKE FIVE OF THEM ENDED UP UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK, AND THE REST OF THEM WERE ON EITHER SIDE OF THE TRUCK THAT SPILLED OFF BECAUSE THEY HAD RODE THE TRUCK THROUGH THE CLUB, THOUGH THOSE FIVE WERE BASICALLY PINNED UNDER THE CAR. THE JAWS OF LIFE CAME OUT, THE BACK BOARDS CAME OUT. I MEAN, IT WAS IT WAS SERIOUS. >> 30 PEOPLE WERE HURT. EVERYONE TRIED TO HELP EACH OTHER THE BEST THEY COULD. THE ROADHOUSE WRANGLERS SAY FIRST RESPONDERS POURED IN WITHIN MINUTES >> JUST THAT FEELING OF HELPLESSNESS, KNOWING THAT THERE'S SOMETHING YOU COULD DO BUT CAN'T REALLY. >> ONE VICTIM IS IN THE ICU. THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF LIQUOR LICENSE AND CONTROL IS ALSO INVESTIGATING. >> IMPAIRMENT IN THIS CASE IS BEING INVESTIGATED AT THIS POINT. BUT OBVIOUSLY DRINKING AND DRIVING IS NOT ONLY ILLEGAL, BUT IT'S NOT SAFE. AND WE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF OUR CITIZENS AND TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES AND OUR LOVED ONES AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN >> NOW, WITNESSES TELL ME THAT SOUND SOUNDED LIKE A MASSIVE EXPLOSION BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK RIGHT HERE, THIS WALL IS MADE UP OF CINDER BLOCKS CINDER BLOCKS WERE CRASHED INTO THE RESTAURANT. AND THAT RIGHT THERE USED TO BE DOUBLE GLASS DOORS THAT WERE ALSO INSIDE. NOW TAKE A LOOK HERE. THIS IS WHAT APPEARS TO BE TIRE MARKS FROM THAT PICKUP TRUCK NOW, POLICE ARE TELLING US THAT THEY'RE GRATEFUL, SAYING THAT THINGS COULD HAVE ENDED A LOT DIFFERENTLY FOR TH

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