FedEx Truck Crashes Into Olive Garden

A FedEx truck pulling two trailers has crashed into a closed Olive Garden restaurant in Columbia, causing a fire.

The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that the crash happened a little after 3 a.m. Friday. The Columbia Fire Department said in a news release that 17 fire units responded and that the blaze was under control in about 40 minutes.

The release says the truck driver was taken by ambulance to a hospital with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening.

Damage estimates and information about the cause of the crash weren't immediately available.

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