MILTON, Mass. — An investigation is underway after a silver sedan crashed into a commercial building at 500 Granite Ave. in Milton early Sunday morning.
Emergency crews were called to the scene around 2:30 a.m.
Milton Deputy Fire Chief Mitchell Sumner said the driver of the sedan suffered some minor injuries to his hands and did not need to go to the hospital, but the building was significantly damaged in the crash.
“The main beam for the building is resting on the car,” said Sumner. “We have to wait until the shoring company can come and fix the problem before we can move the car.”
Dr. Eric Cohen owns the building. He told Boston 25 News this was the second time in five years a car crashed into the front of his building. “My carpenters are coming over and my structural engineer is coming over to get the building all secured and ready for business,” said Cohen. “It’s going to be a little bit. It’s a lot more damage than the last time it happened five years ago.” The commercial building houses several businesses including home health care company Beneficence.
“Hopefully this doesn’t interrupt any services that we are providing here,” said Beneficence Home Health Care CEO Hugues Lafond. “Thank God he [the driver] was okay. I mean, the building can be repaired, the damage can be repaired, but you cannot repair a life.” Dr. Cohen said he’s considering options to prevent future crashes from happening.
“I think what I probably need to do is have an engineer come out and put either a guard rail or some other kind of barriers embedded in the ground there to at least slow the car down before it hits the building,” said Dr. Cohen.
Milton police told Boston 25 News that Massachusetts State Police are handling the investigation. Boston 25 is waiting on a response from State Police for more information on this crash, including if the driver is facing any charges.
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