UPDATE 9:45 a.m. – Vehicle Collides with wall of Valumart

Aug 27, 2017 @ 09:45

At 9:11 a.m. another update to the situation at John’s ValuMart was posted to FB.

Johns Valumart is open for business today. We ask the public to please be patient as there is limited access to the produce area. We are working as quickly as possible to restore the produce department back to normal. Please understand this will take some time.

Thanks, John and Sabrina.

 

Aug 26, 2017 @ 18:29

At 5:37 p.m. an update to the situation at John’s ValuMart was posted to FB.

The safety of the public and our staff is of upmost priority. Johns Valumart will not reopen today due to the accident that occurred this morning. We are patiently waiting for questions about structural integrity to be answered. We hope to open tomorrow. We ask the public to please be patient.

Thank you, John and Sabrina.

The vehicle has been removed from where it rested after hitting the wall. The siding has been taken down, and plywood has been installed.

 

Aug 26, 2017 @ 12:29

About noon, John & Sabrina made the following comments on the wawa-news Facebook page:

 

John and I would like to reassure the public that our staff is working quickly to assess the damage and that John’s Valumart will reopen as soon as possible. We are thankful no one was hurt, and would ask the public to please be patient.

Thank you, John and Sabrina.

 

For the safety of our staff and the public, John’s Valumart will not reopen today. We apologize for this inconvenience to everyone. We hope to reopen tomorrow morning.

Thanks, John and Sabrina.

 

Aug 26, 2017 @ 11:03

 

About 10 am a vehicle jumped the concrete curb and struck the building. There is substantial damage to the building. Inside the entire vegetable display and salad cooler on that exterior wall has been damaged. Most of the produce has been tossed to the floor. The airbags were not deployed, and the driver did not appear to be injured.

 

The store has been closed at this time.