A car being moved Wednesday at a Lauderdale Lakes, Fla., auto public sale lot struck and injured at the very least eight individuals, sending seven of them to the hospital.

The crash occurred round 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at South Florida Auto Public sale, situated close to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., after brakes failed on the car being moved, in keeping with a information launch supplied by the Broward Sheriff’s Workplace. The police company described the car concerned within the accident as “slow-moving.”

Of the eight individuals struck, seven have been transported to a neighborhood hospital for remedy of accidents, whereas one refused remedy, in keeping with the Broward Sheriff’s Workplace.

Two of them have been reported to have extra critical accidents.

Tv station WPLG Native 10 mentioned that two have been taken to the hospital as trauma-alert sufferers. A Broward Sheriff’s Workplace public data officer confirmed that to Automotive Information in an electronic mail. The trauma-alert designation denotes “important harm inflicting nice bodily hurt,” in keeping with authorities.

A witness to the accident instructed WPLG Native 10 he “noticed a person flying and that man fell on his head and the automotive that hit him rolled him over.” The car then struck one other individual on the public sale, the witness mentioned.

The web site for South Florida Auto Public sale lists it as a part of Auto Public sale Holdings LLC, which incorporates one other public sale close to Orlando, Fla., and three extra in Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee.

South Florida Auto Public sale did not instantly reply to a request for remark from Automotive Information.

The Broward Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned an investigation into the accident is ongoing.