NORTH MIAMI, Fla. — Video shows a driver crashing a work truck into parked cars before plowing into a bar on Wednesday afternoon in North Miami.
Eros Emanuel Gehrig, whose driver’s license was suspended, crashed into the Lost City Brewing Company, at 12207 NE 13th Court, according to the North Miami Police Department.
Gehrig, 53, lost control and struck five cars before hitting the front of the building at about 3 p.m., according to police.
Chris Campos, the owner of the Lost City Brewing Company, said the bar was closed when the truck left a large hole in the wall.
“It’s an hour before we open, a half-hour after we were doing some repairs to the fridge that sits on this wall,” Campos said. “It’s really that serendipitous moment where nobody was here and, I mean, if people would have been here, it would have been awful.”
According to a police officer’s arrest report, Gehrig’s Florida driver’s license had been suspended indefinitely on Sept. 12, 2012. He was arrested on a charge of driving with a suspended license.
Police said Gehrig was taken to HCA Florida Aventura Hospital to be evaluated before being booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.
Gehrig was released from jail Thursday morning after posting bond.
The cleanup at Lost City is complete for now, and the business has reopened.
A boarded-up wall damaged in the crash has been transformed into a temporary piece of artwork, but Campos says it will take more time to fully restore the business.
“I don’t want to lose any more business,” Campos said. “We’re a small business. We can’t afford not to be open more than a day or two.”
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