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Man injured after crashing into business, parked vehicle

(KAIR)--A late Friday morning downtown Atchison crash into a Commercial Street business sent the driver to the hospital.

That's according to details of the accident released by Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson, who says it happened when 85-year-old Horton resident Paul Lueske was attempting to park his pickup truck on the north side of the street, in front of 717 Commercial Street, the location of Sunrice Chiropractic.

As Lueske attempted to park, Wilson says the pickup truck instead drove over the curb and onto the sidewalk where it first struck a metal trash can and then the business building. Putting the truck into reverse, Wilson says Lueske then drove south across Commercial Street, where the truck collided with a vehicle parked on the south side of the street.

Atchison County EMS responded to the location of the wreck, transporting Lueske to Amberwell Atchison where Wilson says he received treatment for his injuries.

The struck building, according to Wilson, "sustained broken windows and damage to the front of the building," but no additional injuries were reported as a result of the 11:40 Friday morning accident.

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