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Truck crashes into Baltimore Crab and Seafood on Spruce Street (updated)

September 17, 2013

West Philly Local readers report that a truck crashed through the front of Baltimore Crab and Seafood restaurant at 48th and Spruce Streets Monday evening, around 7:30 p.m. (see photo below). Police weren’t immediately available for more information, but witnesses said that a drunk driver may have been involved.

A reader, Stacey, was in the area immediately after the accident and said that it was a large box truck that crashed into the building, not a car, as it was previously reported. We’re reprinting a part of Stacey’s comment:

“I was walking my dog down Spruce about halfway down the block to 48th (other side of the road) when this happened, and it was a large box truck, not a car. I talked to some of the witnesses who were standing at the corner when it happened and they said the driver was headed north on 48th and was turning left onto Spruce and somehow this was the result. Dude took out the mailbox before he plowed through the front of the store, and then also actually tried to back the truck up out of the store.”

We were not able to confirm drunk driving, but reportedly some witnesses who were close to the scene said that the driver smelled like alcohol.

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Twitter photo by @Yagathai.

2 Comments For This Post

  1. Stacey Says:

    I was walking my dog down Spruce about halfway down the block to 48th (other side of the road) when this happened, and it was a large box truck, not a car. I
    talked to some of the witnesses who were standing at the corner when it happened and they
    said the driver was headed north on 48th and was turning left onto
    Spruce and somehow this was the result. Dude took out the mailbox before he plowed through the front of the store, and then also actually tried to back the truck up out of the store. I didn’t get a look at the driver because it was immediately pandemonium but as I was walking
    away I heard someone yell “He’s got alcohol on his breath!!!!”

  2. James Says:

    Jeez. Hope they have good insurance.

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