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Truck slams into Irmo building, comes out other side

A vehicle traveling "at a high rate of speed" ran into Minnie's Auto Repair and came out the other side, according to officials with the Irmo Fire District.

IRMO, S.C. — Irmo public safety officials were called a building on St. Andrews Road Friday evening after a truck slammed into the building and came out the other side. 

A vehicle traveling "at a high rate of speed" ran into Minnie's Auto Repair and came out the other side, according to the Irmo Fire District.

Officials say several walls were "substantially damaged." Deemed "structurally unstable," Irmo Fire crews worked to secure the building.

Officials originally said one person was transported by Lexington County EMS. Later in the evening, officials said one person refused to be transported to the hospital.  

All lanes of St Andrews Road near Commercial Drive have been reopened. 

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