Mother & Daughter Injured As Van Runs Them Over In 711 Store

Three People Hurt When Van Crashes Into Aberdeen Convenience Store
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A man driving a mini-van in Aberdeen crashed through the storefront of a 7-11 store, seriously injuring a 30-year-old woman and her two-year-old daughter who were inside.

Police say a 57-year-old man driving a 1996 Chevy Astro Van came to a stop in front of the store, then the engine revved up, tires screeched, and the van launched through the front door.

The car ended up in the back of the store -- about 40 to 50 feet from the front door.

"We heard tires screeching and loud collision sound and glass breaking," said Deanne Emery, who was working next door. "It felt kind of like an earthquake. I mean our windows shook. And (my husband) said, 'That was not good.'"

The collision also injured the driver of the van, 57-year-old Kelvin Kinny.

Eyewitnesses to the crash say it sounded like an explosion went off when the van crashed through the doors.

After seeing smoke and dust from the commotion, Emery and her husband ran over to the store and found the toddler, unconscious, near the front door.

Two-year-old Kaitlynn Zinn is in serious condition at Harborview Medical Center with a broken leg and internal injuries. Her mom, 30-year-old Tammy Bolster was treated and released from Grays Harbor Community Hospital. The driver of the van is in "guarded" condition at the Aberdeen-area hospital.

The woman who was arrived at the scene immediately after the crash, Deanne Emery, says the baby appeared to have a badly bruised chest.

"My husband knelt down towards the baby," she said. "And then the mother crawled out from underneath the van and said, 'That's my baby! That's my baby!' Then she fell down next to the baby and she said, 'I was under the van! I was under the van!' And that kind of woke up the baby.

Police say, unbelievably, this was the second time the driver had driven through a building. In April of last year, police cited him for driving into an unoccupied building at 4 a.m. No one was hurt in that collision.

Emergency crews first took the mother and daughter and the driver to Grays Harbor Community Hospital. Later, the little girl was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Kaitlynn Zinn suffered a broken leg and internal injuries and is in serious condition.