Driver Passes Out, Crashes Car Into Tinley Park Store: Police

TINLEY PARK, IL — A man suffered a medical emergency and drove into the front of a store Monday afternoon in Tinley Park, police said.

The man was driving in the parking lot just before 2:30 p.m., when he passed out at the wheel and crashed into the front of Tinley Park Tobacco, 8005 W. 183rd St.

Two people were treated for minor injuries at the scene and released, and the business sustained significant damage, police said.

The driver was transported to Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital; his condition is unknown at this time.