SEFFNER, Fla. — A man was pinned by an SUV that slammed into a gas station in Seffner, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.
The crash happened just before 12:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Travel Centers of America located on Tampa Gateway Boulevard, the agency said in a news release.
The man was walking into the front doors of the gas station when 37-year-old Anthony Katosh drove his Kia Forte at a high rate of speed through the front of the store.
Katosh ended up slamming through the gas station, pinning the man between the driver's side door of the SUV and a metal structure, deputies said.
Gas station surveillance video released by the sheriff's office shows the moment Katosh speeds into the building just as the other man was walking inside.
Soon after the crash, deputies and first responders with Hillsborough County Fire Rescue arrived to render aid. Both Katosh and the other man were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, the release said.
Detectives said it appears the crash wasn't an accident. In turn, Katosh was charged with criminal mischief of $1,000 or more.
"The footage of the car smashing through this business and straight into a victim is jarring, to say the least," Sheriff Chad Chronister said in a statement. "It is an absolute miracle that the person pinned by the car did not sustain more serious injuries, and we're glad to hear he will be ok."