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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A fashionable antique store successful Fresno’s Tower District is boarded up, and 3 radical were injured aft a crash Thursday night.
Palm and Olive Antiques owner George Huddleston said helium wasn’t amazed erstwhile helium got the telephone astir the crash.
“It’s conscionable similar the chaotic westbound retired here,” Huddleston said.
Two cars crashed into his store astatine 8:43 p.m. Thursday, shattering his beforehand doors and broadside windows.
“The gathering is beauteous overmuch destroyed. So it's going to instrumentality a batch to get it backmost to wherever it was. So I truly don't cognize the destiny of my concern yet,” Huddleston said Thursday night.
Fresno Police accidental it each started erstwhile they tried to propulsion implicit a 17-year-old boy, but helium drove away.
“Officers did not prosecute the conveyance astatine the clip – conscionable tried to support eyes connected it until we got an aerial portion overhead. Unfortunately, we weren't capable to prime it up,” Lt. Michael Pierce said.
Officials accidental the fishy drove consecutive into different car astatine the intersection of Palm and Olive Avenues, sending some cars into the antique shop.
“I don't privation to person to adjacent my doors aft this, but we'll spot what happens. I conscionable don't know, you know,” Huddleston said Thursday.
He says helium opened the store 8 years agone to bring a small beingness to the Tower District.
The store does not lone represents itself, it represents small fragments of the full community.
He has a divers assortment of merchants who merchantability successful his shop.
Three of them mislaid merchandise successful the crash.
Huddleston was inactive successful daze erstwhile helium spoke to reporters Thursday night, unsure whether helium would ever reopen.
However, helium updated YourCentralValley.com with a caller determination connected Friday, saying helium won’t springiness up until helium tin reopen his doors.
