UPDATE: Man arrested after intentionally driving truck through business
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UPDATE:
Idaho Falls Police report the driver, 33-year-old Gary R. Wright, was arrested for two counts of aggravated assault with a vehicle as a deadly weapon and malicious injury to property after he intentionally drove a truck into the Rose Shop Sunday night.
After being treated at EIRMC, Wright of Idaho Falls was booked into the Bonneville County Jail.
During the police investigation, two passengers in the vehicle said Wright, the driver, intentionally drove the pick-up truck off the road and into the Rose Shop, according to a news release.
Damage to the Rose Shop is estimated at more than $300,000.
Owners told EastIdahoNews.com that The Rose Shop is still open for business.
ORIGINAL STORY:
IDAHO FALLS — A man crashed through a local business late Sunday, Nov. 8, causing massive structural damage resulting in a flood.
Idaho Fall Police report just after 10 p.m., a man, who has not been identified, was traveling west on 1st Street when he ran off the road and crashed into the Rose Shop at 615 1st Street.
IFPD and the Idaho Falls Fire Department responded to the accident.
The driver was transported by ambulance to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. No one else was injured. Witnesses say there were passengers in the vehicle, but that has not been confirmed by police.
A water main was severed in the crash causing severe flooding to the business. A city of Idaho Falls utility employee was called out to shut off the water from a street access valve. Originally there was concern of a gas leak. The source of the odor was found to be the truck itself leaking fuel.
Witnesses at the scene say the man appeared to be speeding before his vehicle left the road.
The Rose Shop is a reception center and flower shop. A significant portion of the building was damaged by the crash, and the majority of the establishment was flooded, according to witnesses.
EastIdahoNews.com has reached out to police for more information. We’ll update when its available.
