December 5, 2022 9:40 a.m.

A vehicle hit a building on West Harvard Avenue on Saturday night, causing major damage.

A Roseburg Police report said at 8:30 p.m. a sedan was traveling east when the driver passed out at the wheel in the 1500 block of Harvard.  The vehicle slammed into a cinderblock fence near Harvard Dental group, which sent the sedan up and into the side of the building. The impact sent cinderblock through the next fence and into the parking lot of T-Mart.

The report said the dental building had a significant portion of the north wall completely destroyed from the front of the sedan. A passenger confirmed that the driver had become unconscious while driving. The crash appeared to be from a medical condition. The driver’s mother confirmed that the teen occasionally suffers from passing out.

Both the driver and the passenger went with their parents to CHI Mercy Medical Center to make sure they were not injured. They were treated and released according to a hospital spokesperson. The vehicle was towed. The case is ongoing and no citations have been issued so far.