SUV crashes through church building on McNichols in Detroit

DETROIT (FOX 2) – An SUV crashed into a building just before 9 a.m. on McNichols in Detroit Tuesday.

Security videos were rolling when it careened into The House of Praise Deliverance and Outreach Ministries at the corner of Greenview.

The backstory:

Detroit police say the crash happened when the driver of a silver SUV tried to avoid another vehicle pulled out from Greenview in front of them on McNichols. The accident resulting in him crashing into the building.

“I heard a boom,” said Andre Bartell who works nearby, adding it is nothing new. “Each and every time it happens that building has gotten hit, probably eight or nine times.”

Minister Aaron Funches said there were no injuries.

“This here is a miracle of God,” he said. “When people say God is real, this is evidence –  because the person who actually went through this building, (you’d never know) he was in an accident. There were no bruises on him, no cuts.”

Minister Funches is the brother of the lead pastor at House of Praise.

“And it’s not the first time it happened, he’s (had this happen) several times – but never to this extinct,” Funches said. “This can be repaired and restructure but a life we can’t get back.”

And as members of the church community work to clean up, they are confident they will rebuild.