A driver was hospitalized after their pickup truck crashed into a strip mall, leaving a hole in the building and causing a gas leak in Gurnee Sunday evening.
The Gurnee Police Department and Gurnee Fire Department responded around 8:35 p.m. Sunday to Panera Bread and Xfinity, 6440 Grand Avenue, for a report of a vehicle that struck the strip mall.
Two fire engines, an ambulance and the fire shift commander responded, Gurnee Fire Department acting shift commander Lt. Joe Olsen said.
Officers and firefighters arrived to find a Chevrolet Silverado that crashed into the rear of the Xfinity store near the Panera Bread drive-thru.
A gas line was also struck, causing a leak.
“We did have initial reported entrapment. Upon arrival, there was no entrapment. Our crews removed the patient from the vehicle,” Olsen said.
Paramedics transported the driver to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville.
Fire officials were unable to elaborate on the driver’s injuries or condition.
Olsen said there were an unknown amount of occupants inside the strip mall units when the crash occurred.
“We evacuated them immediately upon arrival,” Olsen said. No one else was injured.
“As of right now, there’s no structural issues to the building,” Olsen added.
North Shore Gas mitigated the gas leak.
The Gurnee Building Department and 1-800-BOARDUP were also called to the scene.
The Gurnee Police Department has not yet returned a request for comment on the incident.