UPDATE: FedEx customers need to check package status
UPDATE: 6:00 p.m.: FedEx customers need to track their packages after a FedEx truck crashed into the Olive Garden restaurant around 3:10 a.m. Friday.
According to the FedEx website, customers have 15 days from the ship date to request a refund.
FedEx has had 869 freight truck crashes nationwide in the last two years, according to the Department of Transportation. Of those crashes, 22 were fatal.
Olive Garden is back open for business.
UPDATE: 8:00 a.m.: I-70 drive SW is back open to drivers. A FedEx truck crashed into the Olive Garden restaurant around 3:10 a.m. Friday after veering off the interstate.
Columbia police are in charge of the crash investigation to find out how this crash happened.
UPDATE: 6:00 a.m.: At 3:10 a.m., the Columbia Fire Department was called to Olive Garden on I-70 drive SW for a vehicle that drove into a building and caught fire.
About 17 Columbia fire units arrived at the scene and found a FedEx tractor-trailer had crashed into the west side of the restaurant. Crews saw heavy smoke and fire coming from the front of the truck and west side of the building.
Crews used an aerial attack to fight the fire, putting water on the flames from above.
A second alarm was called after initial crews arrived, which means more units were sent to the scene. The fire was under control in about 40 minutes.
The driver of the truck was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. ABC 17 News was told he was able to get out of the truck on his own and was alert and speaking with medics.
Personnel with the City of Columbia Building and Site Development were also at the scene, assessing the structural damage caused by the crash. The Health Department will also be involved.
ORIGINAL STORY:
As of 3:20 a.m. Friday I-70 Drive southwest near the Olive Garden is shut down due to a crash.
Reports indicate a semitruck ran off the road and possibly hit a building.
ABC 17 has sent a crew to the scene to gather information.
