Vehicle crashes into Papa John’s Pizza in west Belleville, causing serious damage

A vehicle crashed into the Papa John’s Pizza restaurant Wednesday afternoon on North Belt West in Belleville.

It appeared an initial collision on the road between at least two vehicles caused one of them to crash into the restaurant about 2:35 p.m., said Belleville Fire Chief Tom Pour.

There were no life-threatening injuries, but firefighters had to remove one person from the vehicle that was still on the street, Pour said.

The crash caused serious structural damage to the building.

Firefighters and police were still on scene at 3:30 p.m., with firefighters directing traffic along North Belt West and the intersection with North 37th Street and Royal Heights Road.

This story was originally published June 3, 2020 at 4:06 PM.

Kelsey Landis

Belleville News-Democrat

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Kelsey Landis is an Illinois state affairs and politics reporter for the Belleville News-Democrat. She joined the newsroom in January 2020 after her first stint at the paper from 2016 to 2018. She graduated from Southern Illinois University in 2010 and earned a master’s from DePaul University in 2014. Landis previously worked at The Alton Telegraph. At the BND, she focuses on informing you about what your lawmakers are doing in Springfield and Washington, D.C., and she works to hold them accountable. Landis has won Illinois Press Association awards for her work, including the Freedom of Information Award.