Apple store crash - live: Contractor killed and 17 injured in ‘unthinkable’ calamity as SUV plows into window

A car has crashed into an Apple store in the Boston suburb of Hingham, leading to the death of one person while at least 17 have been injured.

This is everything we know so far.

At least one person has died and 14 were injured after a car crashed into an Apple store in a Boston suburb.

This video shows police vehicles arriving at the scene in Hingham on Monday, 21 November.

17 people were injured and hospitalised after a black SUV smashed into the store.

People were trapped inside the shop as they waited for a tow truck to pull the vehicle out.

Gustaf Kilander reports on how events unfolded this morning in the Boston suburb of Hingham.

Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz said the employees of the store were “visibly shaken” following the crash.

“This investigation is active and ongoing. We are very limited as to what we can say at this point,” he added.

“Fourteen of the victims were taken to South Shore Hospital and Weymouth and two victims [were] taken to Boston area hospitals,” Mr Cruz said.

Witnesses Lynne Goyuk and Emily McKenna told Boston25News about what they saw before and after the crash.

“It sounded like a bomb went off,” Ms Goyuk said. “We saw several people who should have sought medical attention, but they wouldn’t go over because they knew other people were critical.”

Ms McKenna said: “I just heard like glass shatter, and everyone ran to the window because they thought it was a smash and grab, and there was just a gaping hole in the middle of the Apple Store. I didn’t see the car drive by but someone said it was going pretty fast, so maybe he just lost control.”

During a press conference on Monday afternoon, authorities told reporters that there are currently no concerns on structural stability within the Apple store and that detectives are looking for surveillance video to find out more.

One person called the ordeal “a terrible event” and “terrible day.”

Reports from outside South Shore Hospital noted that there were at least eight people transported to hospitals in the Hingham area.

“You can imagine just how terrifying this was for families who are hearing of this, their family members likely... out at that Apple store doing some early holiday shopping, potentially, in what is expected to be a busy holiday shopping week in this area and across our state,” said 7News Boston’s Sam Bleiweis while standing outside of South Shore Hospital, ahead of a press conference slated for Monday afternoon.

Bleiweis also noted that it was still unclear how many people had been transported to South Shore Hospital specifically.

Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz says a criminal investigation is underway to determine how the crash occurred.

“This morning was an unthinkable morning, and people are trying to get through it and process what happened,” Mr Cruz said. “This investigation is active and ongoing.”

The driver was not hospitalised and is said to be in police custody.

No charges have been announced.

“I’m sure that we will find out once we have an opportunity to review all the documents and tapes, wherever it’s necessary to go forward from there and figure out exactly what happened ... it’s absolutely unthinkable. It’s absolutely tragic,” Mr Cruz said.

The Town of Hingham has released a statement expressing condolences and offering support to those affected by today’s crash.

In a news release from District Attorney Timothy Cruz’s office, the victim of today’s mass casualty incident has been identified as Kevin Bradley, 65, of New Jersey.

An earlier statement by Apple said he was a “professional who was onsite supporting recent construction at the store”.