Man Slams Car Into Middlesex Hospital Entrance, Sets Himself On Fire, Records It Live On Facebook
The disturbingly graphic video lasts about two minutes and 30 seconds and opens with an apparently naked Ellam driving his car toward the hospital calling out Trump, the Illuminati and several times referring to himself as
Ellam was severely burned after lighting himself on fire following the car crash. The video doesn't show Ellam actually lighting himself on fire but he can be heard yelling "save me" as flames fill the screen.
The video opens with Ellam saying "
As he drives toward the hospital Ellam says, "I've come to expose you as the anti-Christ, protecting the Illuminati, the one percent."
As Ellam is speaking a radio is on in the background and cars can be seen passing him.
"The one percent have been trying to brainwash me to attack the police for I don't know how long," Ellam says in an eerily calm voice.
"I know that you are, you are their protector and I am going to attack one of your headquarters right now --
Ellam then stops talking as he drives toward the hospital, he them abruptly turns the vehicle and crashes into the emergency room entrance.
After the crash Ellam is seen exiting the car and leaving the site line of the camera. But he can be heard yelling "death to the new world order" before flames erupt, filling the screen.
Ellam can be heard screaming as the flames intensify.
He then says "Jesus, Jesus" and "save me, save me" before it ends.
Ellam lives at
"This is a precautionary measure," Mayor
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In a different video shared with The Courant by a witness, smoke and flames can be seen billowing out of the emergency entrance as medical staff rush to help Ellam, who is on the sidewalk, outside the doors.
The fire prompted an extensive response from city firefighters and police. Ellam was flown by
Bomb squads from
Sources said police also found some sort of spray device similar to one used to spray weeds in the car although it is unclear what if anything he planned to do with it.
Officials said Ellam's act was intentional, but said late Thursday that they could not yet comment on a motive. When asked if it was an act of terrorism, Drew declined to comment.
A hospital security guard was hospitalized for smoke inhalation while evacuating patients and staff following the crash, said Middlesex Vice President of Operations
Drew said the city increased security at public facilities, including schools, but only as a precaution.
"I want to make clear that the people of
Ellam has an extensive criminal history that began when he was 14, Wallace said.
According to
In 2010, Ellam was charged with assaulting his father, who had confronted him over his drinking, police said. Records show he has additional arrests for assault, a hit-and-run car accident and drunken driving.
A LinkedIn profile for a
Sources said that Ellam played guitar in a group called "Baptism of Fire."
Thursday's crash sent patients and staff members scrambling for safety. Hospital officials said there were about 30 patients and 20 staff members in the emergency room area at the time.
"About a minute after that, someone came running out of the fire in his birthday suit screaming 'Oh my God,'" O'Brien said.
"We didn't believe it at first," Heidel said. "This is just insane. You don't expect it from anyone."
Heidel said a friend of hers was leaving the hospital just minutes before the car rammed into the emergency department entrance. Mielczarski said her aunt works in the hospital but was not hurt.
On
Not long after the car crashed into the hospital,
"We knew the person who lived in the house. We didn't know any younger person [there]," Wilson said. "[My friend's] concern was something bad would happen and his kid is getting out of school soon. ... That was their worry."
"Very quiet, very quiet," DiMauro said of the man living in the home. "The whole neighborhood is quiet."
DiMauro, standing on his deck looking out at the investigators, said: "You just don't know anymore. It's just the way it is."
He said
The state
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