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Truck slams into convenience store gas pumps

Posted at 2:41 PM, Nov 25, 2018
and last updated 2018-11-25 16:44:30-05

First responders were called out to a Southside convenience store after a pickup truck slammed into a gas pump station.

The incident happened at a corner store located near Everhart and Holly Road.

Police say the crash happened around 1:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon.

Witnesses told KRIS 6 News a white truck slammed into the gas pumps and caused damage to the canopy at the business.

Photo: A pickup truck slams into a gas pump.

HAZ-MAT crews were also called out to the scene after hearing reports of fuel leaking from the gas pumps.

A woman who was driving the pickup truck was taken to the hospital along with a passenger inside the truck.

Police say both suffered non-life threatening injuries.

Convenience store employees are still assessing the damage caused by the pickup truck. No word if anyone could face charges.

Photo: A pickup truck slammed into a gas pump station at a South-side convenience store.