Car Crashes Into Exxon Station

A driver and her passenger were hurt Sunday night after their car crashed into a gas station in Ardmore, police said. 

Police on the scene said a woman was driving and apparently lost control of her Honda Accord and crashed into the service area of the at the corner of Wynnewood and Haverford roads at 6 p.m.

Haverford Township police who responded to the scene said the couple is a husband and wife. Also responding to the scene were Llanerch and Oakmont fire companies, Haverford Township and Manoa EMS crews.  Emergency personnel worked for about 20 minutes to free the victims from the wreckage.

Both victims sustained injuries but their conditions are unknown at this time. Captain Brian Maguire of the Llanerch Fire Company said the Manoa EMS personnel transported the injured woman to nearby Merwood Park where a PennStar helicopter airlifted her to the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. Her husband was rushed to Bryn Mawr Hospital.

Officials from both hospitals would not comment on the conditions of the husband and wife.

The gas station was open at the time of the accident, but no one was in the service area at the time of the crash. The Exxon station has a cashier’s booth near the gas pumps where an employee was stationed at the time of the accident and called police.

Vince Mercer is the manager of the Exxon station, which is owned by Lehigh Gas Company of Bethlehem, Pa.  Mercer said the station will remain open for gas service but was unsure when the service area would be re-opened.

Haverford Township police are investigating the exact cause of the accident. Officer Harvey Pike said they had identified the victims but would not release their names until the investigation is complete. The accident scene was cleared by 6:50 p.m.