Three killed in crash at Billerica auto auction

BILLERICA — Three people were killed and nine were hospitalized Wednesday when a Jeep Cherokee driven by a man in his 70s suddenly accelerated through the entire length of the Lynnway Auto Auction building, striking people at random before crashing into an exterior wall.

Two women and one man were killed. Of the nine injured, one suffered life-threatening injuries. The driver of the 2006 Jeep, an employee of the auction company, was not taken to the hospital, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said.

The crash resulted in a “large and chaotic scene” at what is normally a very busy but uneventful auction at the 58-acre Lynnway Auto Auction building, said Billerica Police Chief Daniel Rosa.

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