WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — A driver of a truck suffered a medical emergency and crashed into and through a downtown business in Waynesville on April 26, according to police.
The Waynesville Police Department was called to Tobacco-R-Us at 1841 S. Main St. in Waynesville in the late afternoon hours of April 26. When officers arrived they found a pickup truck had smashed into the front and nearly missing the back of the inside of the business.
According to the incident report, officers say the driver is believed to have suffered a seizure and veered right off the roadway. Police said the driver was traveling approximately 40 mph when his vehicle struck the building and went into the business and came to rest inside the business, just a few feet away from the building’s back wall…