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Lions Club member Steve Zimmerman knew something was askew when he returned a phone call to the manager of his business and all he heard was commotion.
Zimmerman, owner of the Beverage Mart at 1021 Kingshighway, was sitting in a club meeting when he returned a call to manager Michelle Humphrey and was unable to hear her.
Zimmerman had good reason to be concerned, after all, the commotion he heard was people scrambling to rescue a beverage delivery person who became trapped at his business after a would-be patron drove through the front wall. The patron’s SUV crashed through the brick wall, smashing the door and window and pinned Mullally Distributing delivery man Chris Greenwalt against one of the coolers.
When police and rescue people arrived shortly after the 9:35 a.m. Thursday accident, they found Greenwalt pinned against the cooler by the 2004 Mercury Mountaineer’s right-front quarter-panel.
Responding Rolla Police officer Anthony Lauth said Greenwalt, upon seeing the SUV coming toward him, began back-peddling away from the front of the store.
Lauth, who as many officers are, is trained in first aid, said he could see Greenwalt suffered a compound fracture, as both the tibia (shin bone) and fibula (lesser bone) were protruding the skin of his right leg.
Peter Kinyon, 79, is the owner and driver of the SUV and was not available for comment. Kinyon will turn 80 on Saturday, and he has not been charged, Lauth said.
The store reopened Friday.
Lions Club member Steve Zimmerman knew something was askew when he returned a phone call to the manager of his business and all he heard was commotion.
Zimmerman, owner of the Beverage Mart at 1021 Kingshighway, was sitting in a club meeting when he returned a call to manager Michelle Humphrey and was unable to hear her.
Zimmerman had good reason to be concerned, after all, the commotion he heard was people scrambling to rescue a beverage delivery person who became trapped at his business after a would-be patron drove through the front wall. The patron’s SUV crashed through the brick wall, smashing the door and window and pinned Mullally Distributing delivery man Chris Greenwalt against one of the coolers.
When police and rescue people arrived shortly after the 9:35 a.m. Thursday accident, they found Greenwalt pinned against the cooler by the 2004 Mercury Mountaineer’s right-front quarter-panel.
Responding Rolla Police officer Anthony Lauth said Greenwalt, upon seeing the SUV coming toward him, began back-peddling away from the front of the store.
Lauth, who as many officers are, is trained in first aid, said he could see Greenwalt suffered a compound fracture, as both the tibia (shin bone) and fibula (lesser bone) were protruding the skin of his right leg.
Peter Kinyon, 79, is the owner and driver of the SUV and was not available for comment. Kinyon will turn 80 on Saturday, and he has not been charged, Lauth said.
The store reopened Friday.
