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Pickup truck crashes into Chevron gas station, cashier injured

The driver told police he accidentally pressed the gas pedal.
Credit: Cherokee County Sheriff's Office

CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. — A cashier at a Cherokee County gas station got quite the surprise Wednesday morning when a pickup truck crashed into his store.

At around 5:30 a.m., Cherokee Sheriff's deputies responded to the Chevron on Highway 5 in Ball Ground. 

The driver of a Chevrolet pickup truck, Glen Ashley, 46, of Canton, told deputies he "accidentally pressed the accelerator causing the vehicle to drive through the front of the building."

Credit: Cherokee County Sheriff's Office

The cashier, who was injured, was transported to Kennestone Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. 

The Cherokee Sheriff’s Office Traffic Enforcement Unit is investigating the accident and say no charges have been filed at this time.

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