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Truck smashes into Calgary Co-op

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WATCH: Three people were injured after a stolen box truck plowed into the Calgary Co-op building downtown. As Elissa Carpenter reports, police are still looking for the driver. – Aug 18, 2022

A truck smashed into the back of a Co-op grocery store in the Beltline on Thursday afternoon.

Witnesses told Global News the truck almost hit a few people on the sidewalk before crashing into the building. They also said a person exited through a hole and walked away from the scene.

A truck was removed from a Calgary building after slamming into it on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. Global News

EMS confirmed to Global News that three employees were transported to hospital in stable, non-life threatening condition. All three were inside the building at the time of the incident.

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“I was coming out of the Co-op liquor store and I hear screeching and this truck turns out of the corner of 10 Avenue onto 11 Street,” Whitney Thompson said.

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“It hit a street sign and went up onto the sidewalk then plowed into the Co-Op store.”

Roads around the Midtown Co-op and 11 Avenue S.W. were closed as first responders attended the scene, according to a Calgary Police Service tweet at 3:04 p.m.

The truck was removed from the building by 7 p.m.

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A truck was removed from a Calgary building after slamming into it on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. Global News
A truck was removed from a Calgary building after slamming into it on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. Global News
A truck was removed from a Calgary building after slamming into it on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. Global News

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