A speeding driver crossed traffic and smashed the sign of Williams Fine Violins on Friday 4 April
A Nashville violin shop is under repair after a speeding driver crashed into the property of the business on Friday 4 April.
Williams Fine Violins has been located on Donelson Pike, Nashville TN, for seven years, in an area where the speed limit appears to be ignored by drivers, according to owner Dustin Williams.
The violin shop is renowned for its amusing sign in front of the business, which displayed a regular rotation of jokes. Williams stated that many drivers would drive out of their way to see what was put up each week.
The sign has now been destroyed following the incident on Friday, where the speeding driver crossed traffic on Donelson Pike and jumped the curb, smashing the sign. Surveillance footage showed the moment of impact, with the force blowing out a door of the business.
’To get a car to flip like that up over on top of the sign — that’s crazy,’ Williams told ABC News 2. ’If the cement porch hadn’t been there, he probably would have gone clear through the shop.’
The sign currently reads ‘Ouch’ outside the shop.
The damage is estimated to be around $50,000-$60,000. Police arrested Edwin Uriel Blanco-Garcia, 19, who said he was cut off by another driver, causing him to swerve into the business. Blanco-Garcia’s licence has been suspended and investigation of the skid marks outside the shop reveal he had been driving over the speed limit.
Photos: facebook.com/williamsfineviolins
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