Gas station outside Sam's Club in Hempfield remains closed after crash damaged building
Repairs were underway Friday to a small building at a gas station outside Sam’s Club in Hempfield after a pickup truck slammed into it earlier this week.
Hempfield Fire Department Deputy Chief John Storey said firefighters rescued a person who was inside the attendant building at the time of the crash on Monday around 3:30 p.m. That person was not hurt.
“We had to extricate them out of the building due to the collapse,” he said.
A person driving the pickup had a medical issue and was injured. The driver was taken by ambulance to a hospital, he said.
There was significant damage to the building, Storey said. The gas pumps remained closed on Friday.
A spokeswoman from Sam’s Club could not provide a timeline for reopening of the station.
Renatta Signorini is a TribLive reporter covering breaking news, crime, courts and Jeannette. She has been working at the Trib since 2005. She can be reached at rsignorini@triblive.com.
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