A 20-year-old man is facing a DWI charge after his pickup truck slammed into a paint store on South Clinton Avenue in Rochester before dawn on Sunday. The crash left significant damage to the building and sent the driver to the hospital as a precaution, though he showed no apparent injuries.
Rochester police officers responded to the intersection of South Clinton Avenue and Alexander Street just before 6 a.m. after an iPhone crash notification was followed by a 911 call, according to 13WHAM-TV. The building that took the hit was identified as PPG Paints, located at 566 South Clinton Avenue, as reported by WHEC.
Police said the crash caused significant damage to the building, per the same station's report. The driver was the sole occupant of the vehicle, and officers arrested him on a charge of driving while intoxicated once they determined what had happened at the scene.
Driver Hospitalized as a Precaution
Despite the force of the impact, the driver showed no apparent injuries, though police had him transported to a local hospital as a precaution, the station's report notes. No other occupants were in the truck at the time of the crash.
In the hours after the crash, authorities turned their attention to the building itself, working to assess PPG Paints' structural integrity following the impact. That evaluation was still underway as of the initial reporting, and its outcome has not yet been made public.
