DRIVER HITS HOUSE AFTER 'MEDICAL EVENT'

From: Roanoke Times & World News | Date: September 25, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

A Jeep Cherokee crashed into a house near Towers Shopping Center in Roanoke on Monday after the driver had a "medical event," officials said.

Roanoke police charged the driver, Rodney Clark Thomas, 71, of Floyd with failure to maintain control of a vehicle.

The two-story yellow house at the intersection of Wonju Street and Colonial Avenue was under renovation to be turned into a pet bird store.

"We thought it was a really good location -- apparently too good," said Pat Thompson, who owns the building with her daughter, Kim Mitchem.

No one was inside the house at the time of the accident.

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