If a car crashed into a Virgin Megastore and no one liveblogged it, did it really happen?

Last week, you might have heard news that someone drove their car right up into the (vacant) Virgin Megastore on Market.  SFist originally speculated that it was too much egg nog at a holiday party, but then the SF Weekly saved the day and tracked down a witness.  The story wasn't nearly as exciting as drunk driving, rather a semi took a turn too wide, hit the car and sent it flying into the store.  However, what was interesting was the witness's recollection of what happened immediately after the crash:

[Eyewitness Benjamin Johnson] notes that he was “surprised how few people ran in there to see if [the driver] was hurt. There was a group of about 20 people and most of them took out their phones to take pictures.”

Snaps all around.

Comments (1)

In defense of the bystanders, I can see a number of reasons why it might be dangerous to run in after a car that went out of control. I just hope someone called 911 while they were standing there.