Surveillance video in Northeast Philadelphia caught the moment an SUV appeared to slam into the front of a busy 7-Eleven around midnight Wednesday, FOX 29 reported.
Although the SUV appeared to smash into a delivery truck and nearly hit a bystander before crashing through the store filled with customers, nobody was seriously injured, according to FOX 29.
Video shows a man standing in front of the 7-Eleven looking down at his phone before the SUV comes sliding sideways into view, appearing to clip the delivery truck and narrowly hitting the man. (RELATED: Four Killed, Including Cop Getting Nails Done, After Suspected Drunk Driver Slams Into Salon)
That was close. A Jeep slammed into a 7-Eleven in Northeast Philadelphia late Wednesday night, narrowly missing a customer standing outside the store. pic.twitter.com/IgpIPpxX4Z
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Shattered glass and debris from the SUV’s impact into the storefront flew into the air as the vehicle came to a stop.
The store’s owner told FOX 29 that the accident happened during the busiest time of the day when the store was full of customers, including a mother holding her baby.
One customer told FOX 29 that the truck driver who parked his vehicle out front “saved everybody’s life.”
Investigators say the SUV went airborne before smashing into the store, NBC 10 reported.
“As long as everyone’s okay, everyone’s safe, all this will get figured out,” a 7-Eleven employee told NBC10. “That’s all that matters. Everyone is safe and alive. That’s the biggest thing to take away from here.”
The man seen standing outside the store was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, and the SUV driver was able to walk away from the crash uninjured, according to NBC 10.
Police, who did not arrest the driver at the scene, are currently investigating the cause of the accident, FOX 29 reported.