Motor Vehicle Crash

On Friday, October 6, 2023 at 9:57 am, Morganton Department of Public Safety responded to 222 W Union St. in reference to a motor vehicle crash involving a vehicle into a building.  Upon arrival, fire units observed that a motor vehicle had breached through the exterior wall of 222 W. Union st, into the subsection of the structure. The vehicle had also broken a natural gas line creating a leak. E. Union St was shut down between King St and N. College for the safety of emergency personnel.

Fire personnel extracted an unconscious Seventy four year old female from the vehicle with Burke EMS transporting her to Blue Ridge Regional Hospital.  Fire Crews quickly cut off the natural gas meters stopping the gas leak. Shoring was put in place to prevent any further collapse of the breached wall. Patient was later transported to Mission Hospital for critical injuries.  

City inspections deemed the building unsafe until structural members of the building can be reconstructed. Power was cut to the building for safety precautions.