(Council Bluffs, Iowa) – One person was injured this (Monday) morning, when a pickup plowed into a store in Council Bluffs. According to the Council Bluffs Police Department, Officers and Fire Department personnel responded at around 11:13-a.m. to Camping World, at 2802 S. 21^st St., for a personal injury collision in which a vehicle drove into the building. Upon arrival, crews found a 2023 Ford F-150 Supercrew pickup truck had driven up over the parking stall in front of the building and penetrated about one-half the length of the vehicle into the building.  A worker who had been sitting at a desk inside the building on the opposite side of the wall was struck and propelled forward.

Photos courtesy the Council Bluffs PD

The worker sustained non-life threatening injuries and was transported by private auto to the hospital.  The elderly driver of the vehicle was unharmed. The vehicle had driven between the main metal frameworks of the building and mainly damaged nonstructural support metal studs.  A hole approximately 12’ x 12’ was sustained in the side of the building.  Glass partition offices inside of the building were also damaged.

The vehicle was pulled out of the building by Arrow Towing. The case is still under investigation at this time.