Well in my line of work I see this kind of thing all the time.  The best one was a Ford Aerostar Van fully launched into a house, oh wait a minute, how about the lady tweeked out on meth who launched her car onto the roof of Macguire bearing in tacoma.  Yes that's right " ala Duke's of Hazard " style 20ft into the air and onto the top of a roof.  Glad to hear no serious injuries guys. 

mark

HOLY COW BATMAN!

 That is exactly where I was at all day Friday & Saturday.  In fact when my back would start aching, I was leaning up against the pillar!   I had commented to one of the employees about the heavy traffic and how they had a ringside seat on traffic accidents at a busy intersection.

Smitty

Heck ya, I was about to ask for a discount but oh well.    I was a dummy and asked him if his brakes went out and he said yes.  Maybe it was true, maybe not but he stuck to his story.  Glad everyone was ok.



The concrete rock part of the pillar on the far left, thats no more.  Very slightly did it tweak the wood support near the top of the roof.  Sucks for the store  ???
Larry had mentioned that over the weekend Smitty was sitting right there selling tackle.  It at least happened at the right time, no major injuries.

Wow!

I think they ought to have "50% off everything" day to clear a little inventory so the construction workers have more room to move around while fixing the joint back to original shape.

Wow... that is crazy! I am glad to hear no one was hurt. Hope everything goes ok with getting your car and the store back up to snuff.

Chris

First off, no one was hurt.... here's the story.

After talking to Larry Gonczy for a while, I picked out some tackle and walked towards the register.  All of a sudden we all hear a big bang and the store shakes like you can't imagine.  We run out front and it appears that an older Gentlemen has ran up the curb and smashed into the nicely and newly renovated concrete pillars supporting the roof.  We check up on him and hes ok, chest hurts a little, but he was walking around in no time.  I parked my beater Geo Metro out in front of the store and he clipped the rear driver side of my car (probably saving the store and lives) and ran into the pillar.  This was a older 88ish Ford Econoline van also, lots of force behind that.  Apparently someone was in the doorway when the wreck happened, thank god they weren't hurt.  I would of been walking outside the store within a minute or two after checking out so I'm lucky also.  
Shame for the store and employees, hopefully everything is back to normal quickly.  
Feel free to add anything Larry    
Auburn PD and Fire was on the scene pretty quickly too, thanks to them.  My car must of been the glancing blow, because he hit that pillar HARD.  Thats my story for the day.

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