Man runs into local business in truck

A 63-year-old man released the clutch in a truck he was driving and it wound up running into the front of a local cellphone shop Friday morning.

Dublin Fire Chief Matthew Cutler said no one was injured during the accident at Cricket Wireless, on High Street. The accident happened at 9:36 a.m. Friday, May 22. 

The call came to the DFD as a vehicle that had run through the building.

“It didn’t make it all the way in,” Cutler said. “It stopped when it hit the post, which was knocked loose, and the small brick wall. He was in the parking lot, and the truck was a manual transmission. I believe he thought it was in neutral and he let the clutch out and it was not in neutral.”

Which caused the truck to roll forward and into the building. 

“The truck went through and broke two panes of glass and a support that was between the windows,” Cutler said. “There were no injuries, thankfully. The store did not open until around 10 a.m., so there was nobody in the store.”

The truck was towed away.