Crime & Safety

Car Drives Into Suwanee Storefront

The business is on Old Peachtree Road at Satellite Boulevard.

A Suwanee business was damaged Thursday when an automobile drove into the glass storefront.

Several people were inside the JEI Learning Center on Old Peachtree Road near Satellite Boulevard and I-85 when a vehicle drove into it, Gwinnett Fire and Emergency Services Capt. Tommy Rutledge said. Firefighters were called to the scene about 11 a.m. 

No injuries were reported, including to the driver, and no major structural damage to the building was detected. The driver backed the vehicle out of the building before firefighters arrived.

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 Damage to the building was mostly cosmetic and included the entryway, an interior partition wall, and flooring material, officials said. The scene was turned over to Gwinnett Police.


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