INDIANAPOLIS — Medics took two people to the hospital Tuesday morning after a van crashed into a Speedway gas station in Lawrence.
The crash happened around 9:45 a.m. on July 4 at Pendleton Pike and North Mitthoefer Road.
The Lawrence Police Department believes a medical emergency involving the driver was a contributing factor.
The incident was not an attempted robbery, and the two people sent to the hospital were said to have non-life-threatening injuries, according to a spokesperson with the Lawrence Police Department.
Zachary Schenetzke, 46, told 13News he was in the middle of paying for a snack and drink at the gas station when he jumped out of the way of the car.
"Some shelving hit me, pinned my left foot against the counter and some shelving, and then went down. A customer freed my foot," Schenetzke said.
The van was towed away from the scene, leaving a large hole where the entrance to the gas station's convenience store once stood.
Police do not currently know whether the two people taken to the hospital were occupants of the van or people inside the store at the time of the crash.
This story will be updated as more information is released.