A driver has been charged with several offenses after he allegedly ran a stop sign while using an electronic device and crashed through the front of a Mexican supermarket and restaurant in downtown Woodstock.
The Woodstock Police Department and Woodstock Fire/Rescue District responded around 6:01 a.m. on December 16 to the area of East Church Street and North Jefferson Street in Woodstock for a vehicle crash.
Emergency crews arrived and found a single vehicle that had collided into a building, according to Woodstock Fire/Rescue District Public Information Officer Alex Vucha.
Vucha said the car struck the strip mall on the north side of the roadway.
The business affected, located at 201 East Church Street, includes Restaurante El Sol and Supermercado El Sol.
The driver was identified as Reyes F. Cruz-Flores, 46, of Woodstock.
Cruz-Flores, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle, was out of the vehicle when paramedics arrived, Vucha said.
Cruz-Flores did not report any injuries. No one inside the business was injured.
Vucha said the building sustained minor damage to the storefront, including a broken window that was boarded up with plywood.
No structural damage was observed but a representative from the Woodstock Building and Code Enforcement Division was requested to respond to conduct further evaluation.
Court records show Cruz-Flores was allegedly using an electronic device, disregarded a stop sign, drove onto the sidewalk and hit the building while not wearing a seatbelt.
He was issued citations charging him with electronic communication device, failure to reduce speed to avoid a crash, seatbelt violation by driver, disregarding a stop sign and driving upon a sidewalk.
Cruz-Flores is scheduled to appear for his first court hearing on January 16.