Driver hospitalized after truck crashes into Shallowford Road business

The driver of a truck was hospitalized with minor injuries after crashing into the Center for Oral Facial and Implants Surgery on Shallowford Road on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020. / Photo contributed by the Chattanooga Fire Department
The driver of a truck was hospitalized with minor injuries after crashing into the Center for Oral Facial and Implants Surgery on Shallowford Road on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020. / Photo contributed by the Chattanooga Fire Department

The driver of a truck has been hospitalized with minor injuries after crashing into a business on Shallowford Road on Thursday morning, according to a news release from the Chattanooga Fire Department.

The front office of the Center for Oral Facial and Implants Surgery was damaged and a portion of the wall and windows were destroyed after the Ford F250 crashed into the lobby area.

No one in the medical office was injured. CFD arrived at the scene to "establish structural safety," the release states.

It's currently unclear what caused the truck to crash into the building.

photo The driver of a truck was hospitalized with minor injuries after crashing into the Center for Oral Facial and Implants Surgery on Shallowford Road on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020. / Photo contributed by the Chattanooga Fire Department
photo The driver of a truck was hospitalized with minor injuries after crashing into the Center for Oral Facial and Implants Surgery on Shallowford Road on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020. / Photo contributed by the Chattanooga Fire Department

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