Hingham man indicted on charges in deadly Apple Store crash

© Matt Stone/Boston Herald/TNS HINGHAM, MA - November 21: Hingham police and fire survey a mass casualty scene where a car drove into the front of an Apple Store at Derby Street Shop on November 21, 2022 in Hingham, Massachusetts.

The 53-year-old Hingham man accused of slamming his SUV into an Apple Store, killing one person and seriously injuring 22 others, has been indicted on charges in connection to the deadly crash.

Bradley Rein on Tuesday was indicted on one count of murder in the second degree and one count of motor vehicle homicide by reckless operation in the death of 65-year-old Kevin Bradley, who lived in Wayne, N.J.

The Plymouth County grand jury also voted to indict Rein on reckless operation of a motor vehicle; 18 counts of aggravated assault and battery with a dangerous weapon; and four counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon for injuring 22 other people in the wreck.

Rein allegedly drove his SUV through the Hingham Apple Store’s plate glass storefront window at around 10:45 a.m. on Nov. 21, leaving a gaping hole in the storefront.

Hingham Police responded to the crash in the Derby Shops after receiving 911 calls about a vehicle plowing into the store’s window, with multiple people injured.

Upon arrival, first responders found Apple employees and other bystanders treating victims who needed urgent care. Many victims were transported to South Shore Hospital. Bradley was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to Tuesday’s indictments, Rein was allegedly behind the wheel and operating his 2019 Toyota 4Runner when he crashed it through the Apple Store’s front glass window.

Rein, who lives nearby, told police that his foot had gotten stuck on the accelerator pedal as he drove to the shops looking to get new glasses. He has no criminal record in Massachusetts and was charged once with DUI in Vermont in 2020, but that was expunged.

He will be arraigned on the charges in Brockton Superior Court at a later date. He had previously been charged with reckless motor vehicle homicide for the crash, and he has been out on $100,000 bail with his bail conditions including not driving a car or contacting victims.

About a week after the November crash, a lawyer representing several of the injured victims filed lawsuits against Rein, Chestnut Hill-based WS Development that owns and manages the stores at the Derby Shops, and Apple, Inc.

The lawyer said the owners and operators of the store location were partially responsible for the crash by not placing a few barriers or bollards between the parking lot traffic and the storefronts.

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