Baby pulled from burning car after driver slams into Walgreens in Durham: 'It was chaos'
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.
Chopper 11 captured the scene from above.
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.
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.
