VEHICLE INTO A BUILDING - 764 NW GARDEN VALLEY BOULEVARD

Roseburg Fire Dept.

At 3:30 p.m. on November 15, 2022, personnel from the Roseburg Fire Department, Roseburg Police Department, and Umpqua Valley Ambulance responded to a vehicle into a building at 764 NW Garden Valley Boulevard.  Dispatch reported a vehicle had drove into Seven Thai restaurant striking patrons inside the restaurant.

Firefighters arrived on scene to find a Toyota Sienna minivan, driven by Jeanne Wallace (94 years of age), had driven through the glass pane front of the Seven Thai restaurant and struck several people that were seated at tables inside the restaurant.  Two patients were found to be trapped under the vehicle.  Five patients were injured and three were transported, two of which were trauma patients. 

Statements to police officers on scene revealed the driver had inadvertently pushed down on the gas pedal instead of the brake pedal.  The driver was uninjured and cited for careless driving.  The vehicle was removed from the building by Roseburg Towing personnel.