Driver killed after car crashes into Portsmouth business

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A driver has died after police say a automobile crashed right into a constructing on Friday.

Certainly one of our reporters despatched photos of an energetic scene round Portsmouth Boulevard and Mohawk Drive round 7 p.m.

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Certainly one of our pictures from the reporter reveals what seems like a badly burned automobile crashed up towards a enterprise.

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The automobile crashed into Care Group Firm LLC, and the enterprise proprietor, Andrea Bond, stated she is grateful that nobody was inside.

“It’s the constructing that we lease. It’s our day program, and now we have a enterprise for people with mental disabilities and we come right here within the day and do packages. I’m simply so grateful we have been gone. I’m sorry that somebody misplaced their life,” defined Bond.

One other neighbor, Haley Nother, advised us she was in shock when the crash first occurred; “I walked out and I heard ‘increase, increase, increase’ like 4 instances and I used to be like, ‘What’s happening?’ I noticed this big fireplace,” Nother stated.

Bond and different neighbors say among the the constructing is residential and a few of it’s used for industrial area.

“The second flooring are two residences as a result of it’s industrial downstairs. The second flooring residences, they simply put in the marketplace to lease out,” Bond advised us.

We’re working to study extra concerning the driver on this crash.

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