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Truck crashes into Tupelo grocery store

Shoppers were shaken but not seriously hurt when a truck crashed through the front of a grocery store in Tupelo Tuesday afternoon.

Posted: Dec 18, 2018 7:22 PM

Updated: Dec 18, 2018 7:35 PM

Posted By: Craig Ford

TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) - Shoppers were shaken but not seriously hurt when a truck crashed through the front of a grocery store in Tupelo Tuesday afternoon.

People nearby say it was around 3:30 p.m. when a pickup truck slammed through a brick wall at Shoppers Value Foods on East Main Street.

A store employee's photo after a truck crashed into a Tupelo grocery store Tuesday afternoon

It's believed the driver had a medical issue. The elderly man was taken to the hospital.

The store was able to remain open as workers cleared debris from the gaping hole that was left.

Mississippi Coronavirus Cases

Data is updated nightly.

Confirmed Cases: 36287

Reported Deaths: 1249

County	Confirmed	Deaths
Hinds	2992	54
DeSoto	1959	20
Madison	1484	39
Jones	1224	49
Harrison	1177	16
Rankin	1126	19
Neshoba	1046	77
Forrest	1038	43
Lauderdale	966	81
Scott	824	15
Jackson	798	19
Washington	737	13
Copiah	670	16
Leake	634	20
Lee	628	22
Oktibbeha	619	28
Grenada	604	9
Warren	600	21
Holmes	595	41
Lamar	583	7
Wayne	565	19
Yazoo	560	7
Lowndes	548	17
Leflore	534	56
Lincoln	533	35
Lafayette	506	4
Pike	505	20
Sunflower	504	8
Monroe	461	35
Panola	454	6
Covington	446	5
Simpson	443	3
Bolivar	412	18
Tate	392	13
Attala	386	24
Newton	376	10
Adams	358	20
Pontotoc	355	6
Marion	345	12
Claiborne	308	11
Pearl River	303	32
Winston	301	11
Chickasaw	300	19
Marshall	292	3
Jasper	281	6
Noxubee	279	9
Walthall	270	8
Clay	261	11
Union	254	12
Smith	252	12
Coahoma	230	6
Clarke	223	25
Lawrence	213	2
Yalobusha	208	9
Tallahatchie	195	4
Kemper	184	14
Carroll	182	11
Montgomery	179	3
Calhoun	170	5
Humphreys	169	10
Hancock	148	13
Itawamba	147	8
Tippah	146	11
Webster	134	11
Jefferson	128	3
Prentiss	127	4
Jefferson Davis	125	4
Tunica	125	3
George	123	3
Greene	116	10
Amite	112	3
Alcorn	107	2
Tishomingo	106	1
Quitman	101	1
Wilkinson	98	9
Perry	91	4
Stone	77	2
Choctaw	76	4
Franklin	54	2
Sharkey	48	0
Benton	47	0
Issaquena	10	1
Unassigned	0	0

Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Confirmed Cases: 49892

Reported Deaths: 1077

County	Confirmed	Deaths
Jefferson	6746	170
Mobile	4904	140
Montgomery	4547	112
Tuscaloosa	2690	53
Madison	2268	9
Marshall	1980	11
Shelby	1691	25
Lee	1596	37
Morgan	1338	5
Baldwin	1277	11
Walker	1075	32
Elmore	1067	21
Etowah	1011	14
Dallas	1002	9
DeKalb	967	7
Franklin	938	16
Autauga	698	15
Russell	686	0
Unassigned	679	28
Chambers	677	30
Butler	652	29
Limestone	639	3
Tallapoosa	630	69
Cullman	615	6
Houston	607	7
Lauderdale	577	6
St. Clair	544	3
Calhoun	515	5
Colbert	509	6
Escambia	488	8
Lowndes	484	22
Pike	479	5
Jackson	435	2
Coffee	428	4
Covington	416	12
Talladega	401	7
Barbour	399	2
Dale	395	1
Bullock	378	10
Hale	354	23
Marengo	354	11
Chilton	331	2
Blount	320	1
Clarke	317	6
Wilcox	303	8
Winston	299	5
Sumter	292	13
Marion	290	14
Pickens	274	6
Randolph	263	9
Monroe	260	3
Perry	250	2
Conecuh	231	8
Bibb	224	1
Macon	219	9
Choctaw	217	12
Greene	198	9
Henry	155	3
Washington	148	8
Lawrence	136	0
Crenshaw	132	3
Cherokee	124	7
Geneva	98	0
Lamar	89	1
Clay	85	2
Fayette	85	1
Coosa	66	1
Cleburne	45	1
Out of AL	0	0