ATLANTA — Clean-up is underway after a truck slammed into a wig studio in Piedmont Heights.
It happened early Tuesday morning at the Mayz Mane Studio on Piedmont Avenue.
Channel 2′s Audrey Washington spoke with the owner of the studio who said the shop has only been open for three months.
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The owner, May Toye, said early Tuesday morning she got a security alert on her phone and when she opened the app, she could not believe her eyes.
“There’s a whole truck, a Chevy truck right in the middle of my store,” Toye said.
Toye says police told her, the driver, a woman in her late 70s, suffered a medical emergency while behind the wheel of the truck.
Somehow the driver lost control and slammed through the studio.
Paramedics rushed the woman to the hospital and she is expected to survive.
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There was shattered glass on the floor, furniture turned over, and wigs and extensions covered with glass and sheetrock.
Toye said all the hair will have to be thrown away.
“I can’t even salvage anything. I’m still in shock,” Toye said.
Toye sells handmade wigs and micro-links. She said, one wig alone could cost more than $1,000.
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She said she’s now focused on rebuilding and getting her studio back in business.
“All of this, putting it together was my dream,” Toye said.
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