Baby pulled from burning car after driver slams into Walgreens in Durham: 'It was chaos'

Wednesday, November 15, 2023
DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- Two drivers had to be taken to the hospital because of a crash where one car slammed into a Walgreens in Durham.

At 12:17 p.m., officers responded to a crash near the intersection of Holloway Street and North Miami Boulevard.
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Chopper 11 captured the scene from above.

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When officers got to the scene they found two vehicles had crashed near the intersection. A power pole was hit and a car crashed into the side of the Walgreens building. The crash significantly damaged the side of the Walgreens, and because of a gas leak, the building had to be evacuated.

Dominion Energy shut off the gas to the area before crews were able to put out a fire that had started.
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Both drivers were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.



Customer, Takmma Kamau told ABC11 she saw a person pulling another person from a car that was on fire.

"It was two guys and a baby in the car that was on fire. By the time I got there, it was some guy pulling another guy out of the car," she said. "I seen it--was chaos, people running out of the store. I knew I wasn't going in there. I hope everybody's ok."

Fire crews said there was heavy structural damage to the building. There is no word on when Walgreens will reopen.
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