Store employees and feathers went flying in a Los Angeles County pet store when a customer mistakenly drove their pickup truck into the building, leaving it in ruins.
Officers with the El Monte Police Department responded to reports of the crash and damaged structure at Wes’s Pets & Feeds at 4424 N. Peck Road just before 10 a.m., authorities confirmed to KTLA.
Video of the scene obtained by KTLA shows a white Ford F-150 completely inside the building, which was cordoned off with yellow police tape and had been red-tagged by city officials, meaning the structure is currently unsafe to enter.
L.A. County Fire crews also responded to the scene, though fortunately no one was injured during the incident.
- Damage to Wes’s Pet & Feed store in El Monte after a truck crashed into the building on Dec. 4, 2024. (RMG News)
Damage to Wes’s Pet & Feed store in El Monte after a truck crashed into the building on Dec. 4, 2024. (RMG News)
Damage to Wes’s Pet & Feed store in El Monte after a truck crashed into the building on Dec. 4, 2024. (RMG News)
Damage to Wes’s Pet & Feed store in El Monte after a truck crashed into the building on Dec. 4, 2024. (RMG News)
Chickens seen in a coop outside Wes’s Pet & Feed in El Monte after a truck crashed into the store on Dec. 4, 2024. (RMG News)
A box of baby chickens seen outside Wes’s Pet & Feed in El Monte after a truck crashed into the shop on Dec. 4, 2024. (RMG News)- \Damage to Wes’s Pet & Feed store in El Monte after a truck crashed into the building on Dec. 4, 2024. (RMG News)
- Damage to Wes’s Pet & Feed store in El Monte after a truck crashed into the building on Dec. 4, 2024. (RMG News)
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Damage to Wes’s Pet & Feed store in El Monte after a truck crashed into the building on Dec. 4, 2024. (RMG News)
The shop owners, Mario and Mabel Flores, said it’s unclear if any of the animals, primarily chickens and other fowl, were injured in the crash because they have been unable to get into the nearly 100-year-old building that they’ve been operating out of for the past eight years. School janitor acquitted of molesting students after 5 years in jail sues local sheriff’s department
Several chickens were seen in a coop to the side of the store that appeared to be uninjured, as well as a box of baby chickens outside the damaged structure.
“We are just thankful everyone was able to make it out in one piece,” Mabel said. “We did have people standing right in front. They heard the noise and were able to jump out of the way.”
According to police, no arrests were made, and no citations were issued.
