Van Smashes Through Casa D’Oro Jewelers at Four Points by Sheraton Hotel
No one is seriously injured, although an employee said she had to dive out of the way of the oncoming van.
Sales staff member Dee Zokaites had just walked over to the coffee machine located near the window of the Casa D’Oro Jewelers shop inside the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel in Marshall Township when she glanced up and saw a van heading to the building. Sure that the vehicle would stop, she was shocked when it jumped a median, knocked over a flagpole and then headed straight for the window she was standing in front of. That’s when she and a customer dove out of the way. "To be honest, I'm surprised I didn't freeze," she said. Driven by an elderly woman, the handicap-accessible van smashed through the jewelry shop at about 1:45 p.m. Saturday, according to owner Reza Liaghat. Liaghat said there were about 100 people in the store, including 13 …
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