U-crash

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Dallas/Fort Worth television station WFAA reports:

A man just meant to pop the hood on his U-Haul truck Friday night. Instead, that simple act started a chain reaction of dangerous and destructive events.

The truck was parked in front of a house on Joe Pool Drive, where a family was moving out around 7 o'clock.

Fire investigators say the driver reached in to open the hood, but apparently disengaged the parking brake by mistake.

In his frenzy to stop the rollling truck, the driver made another mistake — he hit the accelerator instead of the brake.

Witnesses said the moving truck careened across the street at a high rate of speed, running over the driver's friend, who was standing right in front of the vehicle.

Then the U-Haul crashed into the front of the house where Amy Nicholas and her fiance were inside.

Unanswered question: why was he popping the hood in the first place? Furthermore, how could one ever forget brake left, gas right? At least the only people hurt in this case were the ones "operating" the truck.