KENMORE, Wash. - The survivors of a crash that killed a 56-year-old Bothell woman say there was no chance they could have gotten out of the way in time.

It was about 4 p.m. Tuesday when the out-of-control truck hit a nearby front-loader and then slammed into a group of pedestrians, killing Kathy Cook and injuring seven other people.

Witness Brian Stambuk said he was behind the front-loader at the traffic light. When the light turned green the front-loader entered the intersection to turn left and was struck by a water supply truck, he said.

The truck then careened onto the sidewalk and struck several pedestrians who had just gotten off a bus, before smashing into the traffic light pole.

Stambuk was one of the first people to rush over, trying to help the injured.

"It was quiet, just like anybody else, just crossing the street, and then next thing you know... Just 'smash, boom, bam,' that was it," he said of the accident.

He said that he counted seven people injured, and a woman who was killed when she was pinned between the truck and the light pole.

"There wasn't anything you could do for that lady," Stambuk said.

Rebecca Cook, one of the injured pedestrians, spoke with KOMO 4 News from Northwest Hospital, where she is recovering from a broken knee.

She said she had just gotten off the bus and the last thing she remembers is the truck coming toward her. She thinks a piece of the truck, possibly a fender, hit her, throwing her about 20 feet.

"I was in shock because I don't remember being hit or being thrown," Cook said. "All I remember is getting up and realizing, you know, moving very slowly to see what parts I was able to move and what parts I wasn't able to move."

She says she saw the woman who was killed, a man pinned under the truck, and woman in severe pain who could not move her pelvis.

That woman, Kat Davenport, talked to KOMO 4 News from Harborview Medical Center about her ordeal.

"The grill of the truck was right there," Davenport said. "The vehicle is traveling pretty fast. That is your thought, but where do you go?"

She suffered a fractioned pelvis, broken vertebrae and a head injury.

"I'm blessed and I realize that," she said. "I just thank God."

Witness Peter Mahler says he was nearly one of the victims.

"If that tractor was 2 minutes earlier, that truck would have bounced right into me," he said. "I am so lucky to be alive, so I'm so upset... So upset about all of these people... They had no idea.

"It was like being in a war. I just couldn't believe how quick everything happened."

On Wednesday, there was a growing memorial at the crash site for the woman who was killed.

"I'm so terribly sad for the woman killed here and the people affected," said Mara Bohman. "I think about how vulnerable they are just standing here."

"Kathy was just a good person, she was her own person who raised her daughter," said Linda Hogan, Cook's neighbor. "She worked hard, she loved her flowers, she loved her yard, loved her dog."

Hogan found out about the accident only after she arrived at work on Wednesday. She said Cook left early on Tuesday morning.

"She was commuting to Kenmore Park and Ride, to pick up her car to go to a doctor's appointment, and then she was going to buy a new car for the first time. And she was really excited about it," she said.

Someone returned Cook's car and left it in the driveway, leading neighbors to believe everything was OK. News of her death hit her neighbor hard.

"That constant person that I saw everyday isn't going to be there tomorrow," Hogan said. "She isn't going to be tending her tomatoes, her flowers. It's gonna be sad."

Investigators are still trying to determine which driver had the right of way at the time of the crash.

They said they didn't find any skid marks and, when they got the scene, had trouble finding witnesses. Investigators are now hearing from the people who saw the crash and questioning the victims about what they saw.