Gas Station Structure Collapses On 2 Cars In Crystal Lake: Police

CRYSTAL LAKE, IL — High winds may have caused the canopy at the Shell gas station in Crystal Lake to collapse Thursday night, police said.

The Crystal Lake Police Department was called to the gas station in the 200 block of Virginia Street at about 8:40 p.m. Thursday and found the structure, which covered the gas pumps, had fallen over and hit two vehicles, according to a news release from the police department.

One person was inside a vehicle when the canopy collapsed. No injuries have been reported, police said.

It does not appear that anything hit the canopy prior to the collapse, and police believe weather may have contributed to the incident.

The collapse remains under investigation by the Crystal Lake Police Department. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Crystal Lake Police Department at 815-356-3620. If you have a cell phone you can send an anonymous tip to the Crystal Lake Police Department by texting the word CLPDTIP along with the tip information to 847411 (tip411).