A Sault Star reader is the story after he drove through the newspaper’s front doors on Thursday.

A man wanted to buy a newspaper from a newsbox near the entrance at about 7:10 a.m. Police say he mixed up his gas and brake pedals. The vehicle travelled from the newspaper’s front parking lot, down a walkway and through the doors.

The man’s Chevrolet Impala pushed back the circulation and cashier counters. Shards of glass littered the lobby floor.

The driver was treated by paramedics in the circulation department. He walked out on his own and was taken to Sault Area Hospital for assessment. The man won’t be charged.

The newspaper office on Old Garden River Road had not opened for business. Most staff were in the press room and newsroom. A circulation employee, whose desk is nearby, was due to arrive shortly after the collision.

A stained glass of a wolf – the animal has been part of the newspaper’s masthead for decades – received minor damage.

Sault Ste. Marie Fire Service taped off the front entrance of the newspaper’s home since 1979.

Visitors to the newspaper can enter through the south entrance accessible off of Old Garden River Road and Second Line East. The building is open to the public from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Repairs are expected to take two to four weeks.

Other crashes through buildings in local history include:

• A 79-year-old woman died when a car went through the front doors of the Plummer Hospital in 1999.

• A Sebring Touring sedan was driven slowly into Nor Bear on Second Line East in 2007.

• A car crashed through patio doors of a condominium on Maxanne Place in January. No one was hurt.

b.kelly@sunmedia.ca