Now 3 dead.
Wife's uncle was there, not injured thankfully.
That's horrible.
Very tragic, i'm sad to hear this. I used to go to auction houses when I worked for CarMax, saw a lot of close calls and accidents on the lots. I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often to be honest.
In reply to thedanimal:
Driver was a 75 year old auction employee. Not sure if age-related accident or not
oh man, that's terrible. i wonder if someone driving had a heart attack or something?
thedanimal wrote: Very tragic, i'm sad to hear this. I used to go to auction houses when I worked for CarMax, saw a lot of close calls and accidents on the lots. I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often to be honest.
What causes this, people confusing the gas with the brakes and then freezing up at full throttle?
That's horrible. You tend to think of auto auctions as being one of the safer car enthusiast activities.
In reply to ebonyandivory:
I would have figured it would be one of the labor service drivers that auction houses hire to drive the cars through. The chances of injury are so high in these places, you've got a car that may or may not be running or working right and a lot of people in close proximity.
In reply to GameboyRMH:
For sure, I've seen people do accidental burnouts because they panic when they hit the gas, slam on the brakes but still have the throttle floored. Usually someone in the lane can get the situation under control, usually saw the most accidents on the lot where the cars were being parked after they ran through the block.
GameboyRMH wrote: What causes this, people confusing the gas with the brakes and then freezing up at full throttle?
Who knows what really happened here, I'm sure it will be determined at some point. But generally speaking, with elderly drivers, yes.
Very sad
If they find nothing to implicate the Jeep I would go with pedal misapplication. More commonly called driver error in the rest of the world. Seen it with my DE students while parking. Put foot over gas pedal then go to stop car unaware their foot is still on gas. Luckily I have a passenger side brake pedal. And no this was no accident.
Opposite for me when I haven't driven an auto for a while I put both feet on the brake. Luckily mostly city driving so just a slightly more sudden stop for the first light/stop sign. 
And whilst testing might seem a panacea for elderly drivers I doubt it. Most of the drivers who try to ram me/run me over outside the car on a daily basis are below middle age at least. When it's time to stop driving or any other societal behavior/routine that has turned detrimental it's up to us as family/community to ameliorate the individual situation. And I'll leave it there. 
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