SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police are looking for a driver who lost control of his pickup truck, slammed into a North Side business, then left the wreckage behind.
The crash was reported around 2:30 a.m. Friday.
When officers arrived at the Beacon Hill business, they found the pickup halfway inside Karolina’s, an antiques and collectibles store located in the 1700 block of Blanco Road.
The driver already had left the scene.
The truck crashed through the front window as well as a metal support system that held the panes of glass together.
All of the merchandise that was displayed in the window was left scattered across the floor of the business amid shards of broken glass.
The family who owns the business rushed to the scene after getting a call about the crash shortly before 3 a.m.
One family member said he was relieved that this did not happen in the middle of the day when more pedestrians would’ve been in the area.
He said duirng the day, there usually are vendors set up on the sidewalk in front of the window that was hit by the truck.
There were no injuries reported among anyone at the scene.
Police did not know if the driver was hurt, although he was able to run away after the crash.