Ruby Street Crash Sends Car Into Mexican Bakery: 5 Photos

JOLIET — Another Joliet business, this time the Mexican bakery known as Tamaleria Sanchez, had its front entrance destroyed on Friday night as a three-vehicle crash with serious injuries happened at the busy cross streets of Ruby and Broadway.

The damaged building on Ruby Street where the horrific wreck happened is owned by one of Joliet's better known commercial real estate investors, Mike Petry.

Petry notified Joliet Patch that building restoration crews worked all night to board up the damaged storefront and clean up the shattered windows; the good news is that the Mexican bakery was able to open for business on Saturday, the building owner said.

According to Joliet police spokesman Dwayne English, the following events happened around 9:35 p.m. Friday, on the city's near west side:

Officers responded to Ruby Street and North Broadway Street for a crash with injuries.

A Nissan Altima driven by a 34-year-old Joliet man was traveling westbound on Ruby Street when he struck a Lexus RX 350 driven by a 67-year-old Naperville man who was traveling northbound through the intersection on North Broadway Street at Ruby Street.

The Nissan then struck a Kia Carnival driven by a 51-year-old Joliet woman, who was stopped facing southbound on North Broadway at Ruby Street. The collision with the Nissan caused the Lexus to collide into the front of a business at 205 Ruby Street. The driver of the Nissan was extricated from the vehicle and transported to Silver Cross Hospital by the Joliet Fire Department with serious, but stable injuries. A female passenger of the Nissan, as well as the 67-year-old male driver and a female passenger of the Lexus were taken to St Joseph's Medical Center by the Joliet Fire Department for non-life-threatening injuries sustained in the crash.

The driver of the Kia was not injured. A juvenile passenger of the Kia was treated at the scene by paramedics.

The roadway was closed for a period of time as traffic investigators reconstructed the crash scene. This crash remains under active investigation.

Anyone with video footage or information regarding this crash investigation is urged to contact the Joliet Police Department Traffic Unit at (815)724-3193.