Video: Vehicle smashes through 7-Eleven filled with customers in Northeast Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA - Moments of shock in Northeast Philadelphia after a terrifying crash miraculously ended with everyone walking away with minor injuries.
Surveillance video captured the split-second when a vehicle smashed through a 7-Eleven on Bustleton Avenue just before midnight Wednesday.
Police say the driver of the 2014 Jeep Cherokee experienced a medical emergency while driving down Harbison Avenue that caused him to lose consciousness. No further details have been provided.
The vehicle then clipped a delivery truck parked outside before completely destroying the storefront.
"I'm glad that truck driver was there, he saved everybody's life," one customer said.
He was one of several customers inside the store at the time, including a mother holding her baby.
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The store owner told FOX 29 that the driver was speeding and crashed during the busiest time of day.
Video shows a 34-year-old just inches from being seriously hurt. Police say he was struck, but is in stable condition.
"Thank God no one was hurt inside the store, all the other customers too." said Haider Ali, the store owner.
Haider Ali has owned the store for eight years and never experienced anything like this.
Still he’s questioning if they could use some kind of barriers out front along such a busy roadway.
"It was really scary like it was unsafe for all the customers, for all the employees, for everybody," said the owner.
"I’m glad that truck driver was here and that truck driver saved everybody’s life," said Umar, an employee at the 7-eleven struck. "I feel like he was meant to be here today."
No charges have been announced, and an investigation is still underway.