horrible car accident

at around 8pm tonight i heard a call on our handheld radios about a car accident right outside our GM doors. next call was that someone got run over. a couple associates who were at the door and who were sent by the SM to coordinate foot and car traffic out of the area told me what happened.

two older men were driving a smaller minivan (think mom-mobile), and it was dark and raining lightly. they ended up hitting another older man, who was in the walkway to the store with his daughter/granddaughter. the driver then panicked, i assume, and continued to run him over till only his head was sticking out from under the vehicle. the man sadly passed away almost instantly, i feel horrible for the family member who had to see it.

i’m struggling a bit to process it due to my own complicated history with car accidents, so i can’t imagine how any of the associates who were working around the door and the management team feel. i’m half surprised they kept the store open but it’s the same store that stayed open during a gas leak.

only posting on here cause it was the first sub that popped up when i opened reddit and it felt fortuitous. thankfully it was my last day before i had a week off so i have some time to process it but yeah. insane.