A dump truck crashed into a restaurant in Boone County on Tuesday afternoon, killing two people and badly injuring one.
According to Boone County dispatchers, police and fire units were dispatched to the intersection of U.S. Route 42 and Beaver Road at Boonedocks Pub & Grub around 4 p.m.
According to the Boone County Sheriff’s Office, a dump truck collided with a passenger car before drifting off the road and hitting the restaurant’s outside wall.
According to the sheriff’s office, the two victims killed in the crash were both inside the automobile. The dump truck driver did not sustain any injuries.
The Boone County Sheriff’s Office named the deceased as Eva Mulberry, 91, and Betty Hillard, 89.
“We heard it and then it came through the building,” witness Amanda Dearing said. “Glass and everything went everywhere. It sounded like a freight train going through the wall.”
Inside the restaurant, chairs were knocked over, and debris and glass littered the floor.
