Over a 15-year period, 6,253 cars crashed into 7-Eleven storefronts in the U.S. – an average of 1.14 per day.
“They have not been producing that information for many, many years,” Rogers said, “and that’s what’s important about this case – getting this information out about how frequently this happens.”
Rob Reiter is co-founder of the Storefront Safety Council. He was retained as an expert by Carl’s attorneys in this case.Reiter advocates for safety bollards or protective barriers being placed in front of storefronts – especially those with parking lots that face the front door.“This accident doesn’t happen if somebody had spent about $800,” he said.
Data collected by Reiter shows such accidents happen more than 100 times a day at storefronts in the U.S. – with 16,000 injured each year and 2,600 killed. “The fight is retrofitting stores so that if your new stores are to a certain standard, retro-fit your other stores to a similar standard,” Reiter said.
7-Eleven released a statement that read in part: “We are heartbroken by this tragedy…. It is important to note that this unfortunate accident was caused by a reckless driver who pled guilty, and this store followed all local building codes and ordinances.”
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