SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT – PennLive is reporting… A granddaughter of one of the first Little League Baseball managers has been accused of intentionally driving her minivan into the World of Little League Museum. No visitors or staff were injured when Theresa Robinson Salazar, 56, drove through both doors at museum along Route 15 in the Little League International headquarters complex in South Williamsport about 1 p.m. Sunday. The Williamsport resident was committed to the Lycoming County Prison without bail as a danger to the community. South Williamsport police charged Salazar with risking a catastrophe, terroristic threats, recklessly endangering another person, criminal trespass and criminal mischief.
A witness told police after the minivan came to a stop against an interior wall she announced her name and asked if people in the immediate area were frightened. “You should be scared,” she said, stepping on the accelerator and revving the engine, the arrest affidavit states. A minivan can be seen well inside the front doors of the World of Little League Museum along Route 15 in South Williamsport after crashing into it Sunday afternoon. A museum employee who asked that her name not be used described the driver as very disoriented. The employee said she had just clocked out and was leaving when she heard glass shatter.
Jesse Sanderson of York had just bought tickets for himself and a female when he said, “All of a sudden I heard a boom. Someone screamed. I saw a car and smoke.” They were on their way home from vacationing in Galeton when on a whim decided to stop at the museum, he said. The 40 visitors and four staff were evacuated by a side door. Police estimated the damage in excess of $10,000. The museum is temporarily closed.
