Distracted Driver Crashes Pickup Through Gas Company Building
Two people were seriously injured when a pickup truck crashed through a Blossman Gas building on Michigan Avenue.
A 59-year-old Cantonment woman and a 61-year-old woman from Pensacola were seriously and critically injured, respectively.
The driver, a 39-year-old Elberta, Alabama, man, was also seriously injured due to distraction by his phone, causing him to lose control of the vehicle.
- The pickup truck suffered a blowout to the right front wheel after hitting a curb.
- The vehicle traveled across the curb and curb stops of a dentist’s office at the intersection of Michigan Avenue and Montgomery Avenue.
The driver was distracted by his phone and looked up to realize he was running off the roadway.
Author's summary: A distracted driver crashed a pickup truck into a gas company building, injuring two women.