This article was originally published in The Examiner on March 23, 2017.
By Eleanor Skelton
Staff Writer
A car drove through the front of a shopping center on Saturday, Beaumont firefighters said.
The crash happened just after 6:30 a.m. Saturday, March 18 in the 2800 block of Eastex Freeway’s service road, Beaumont-Fire Rescue Captain Jimmy Blanchard said in a news release.
The business, Merry Maids, was closed when the accident happened, and no employees were inside, he said.
A driver and a passenger were inside the car when they drove into the building, but neither one were hurt.
Beaumont Police, Beaumont Fire-Rescue, and Beaumont city building codes inspected the building and determined that the building was still structurally sound.
Merry Maids is scheduled to reopen on Monday after a few repairs.
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