Ravi Baichwal formerly of Vancouver's CTV9 and part-time talk-show host at CKNW. He`s now in Chicago, working for ABC 7, and apparently has to evade minivans trying to crash into his studio.

Anchor Interrupted When Car Hits TV Station
No Injuries In Crash


A Chicago television station had just started its 10 p.m. newscast Sunday night when a car plowed into its downtown studio.

No one was hurt in the crash at WLS-TV. The impact was heard on the air, startling the anchor, but police said it caused no injuries.


Police said they're in the early stages of investigating why the male driver of a Mazda MPV with Indiana license plates plowed into the studio's reinforced glass wall.

The station's president and general manager, Emily Barr, said the crash might have been deliberate.
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I love that reaction. "Ho!!!"

Van crashes into Ch. 7's downtown news studio

December 24, 2007
FROM STNG WIRE REPORTS

As he broadcast the news, WLS-Channel 7 anchor Ravi Baichwal became the news Sunday night.

"Ho!" a stunned Baichwal yelled shortly after a silver-gray Mazda MPV minivan crashed into ABC 7’s 190 N. State studio two minutes into the 10 p.m. newscast.

Police are investigating what caused the van to jump the curb and slam into the studio’s bullet-resistant glass, but a witness said the crash appeared deliberate. There were no known injuries, police said.

Steven Parnell, 37, a sergeant with STAR detective agency, said he was patrolling the CTA Red Line subway when his boss called him about a suspicious vehicle parked in the middle of State. Parnell came up, spotted the minivan and approached it.

"He waved me off and rolled up his window," Parnell said of the driver, who then briefly began driving up and down State making U-turns.

The man then drove into the studio’s southeast corner -- about 15 to 20 feet from the anchor desk. The driver stayed in the car until police arrived and took him into custody.

Parnell heard him talking about how somebody "had killed his mother."

Regardless of what caused the crash, "the glass did exactly what it was supposed to do," ABC 7 General Manager Emily Barr said. Barr hoped to have the broken glass boarded up overnight.

"All of a sudden, our cozy little studio has a draft in it," Baichwal said later in the newscast. "This is a crazy situation that’s happening here at ABC 7. . . . Some onlookers say that this seemed to be an intentional act by the driver."

No charges or citations have been issued at 1:15 a.m. Monday, police News Affairs Officer David Banks said.

I love that the ticker stripe above the minivan is actually REPORTING on the crash! HAHA

Good on Ravi for showing composure and not dropping an F-Bomb. I wonder if because he yelled "Ho" that Jesse Jackson  , Reverend Al and the gang will jump all over him? Just kidding. A Merry Christmas to all and a prosperous 2008!

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Good on Ravi for showing composure and not dropping an F-Bomb. I wonder if because he yelled "Ho" that Jesse Jackson  , Reverend Al and the gang will jump all over him? Just kidding. A Merry Christmas to all and a prosperous 2008!

I thought he'd said "Whoa!"

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He said "Holy--".