Chicago’s Brown Sugar Bakery damaged after vehicle apparently crashes into building overnight

If it weren’t for the boarded-up home windows exterior, you’d hardly discover the destruction left behind after a automobile is suspected of crashing into the enterprise earlier within the day.

“Nobody was on the bakery, thank God! The primary individual got here at 6 a.m. and thought it was a break-in,” stated Stephanie Hart, proprietor of Brown Sugar Bakery. “And truly, the girl who got here to work often begins at 3 a.m. and she or he began late. And all I can do is say yay!”

As a result of the driving force didn’t name police, and in some way managed to extricate the automobile and drive off earlier than anybody seen, it is estimated the crash occurred someday between 2:30 a.m. and 6 a.m.

“The policeman that got here say they may have gotten towed out due to the bumpers that we discovered. The again bumper too,” Hart stated.

Ultimately, it was this walk-in freezer that bore the brunt of the harm. Changing it will not be simple, and it’ll certainly impression the bakery’s nationwide delivery enterprise till it’s, however it’s additionally this freezer that prevented the harm from being a lot, a lot worse.

“I am so grateful as a result of it hit the a part of the shop individuals do not even know it is our spot. It is simply our storage and preparation space. And if it had come inches additional, it could have been in right here and we would not — I would not have the ability to be as resilient as I am feeling proper now,” Hart stated.