Family Trust FCU Members Greeted WithSurprise

March 22, 2005, 1:00 a.m. EST 1 Min Read

YORK, S.C. - (03/22/05) -- Members and employees of FamilyTrust FCU were met with brief fright last Thursday when a car ranoff the road and came crashing through the credit union's frontwall after the driver apparently suffered a fatal heart attack.Police believe the 49-year-old driver lost consciousness justbefore his Cadillac ran off the road and slammed through thebuilding around 10 am. Several members and employees were inside atthe time but none of them was injured. The car crashed through thefront doorway and knocked out an office wall, causing about $20,000in damage. The driver was pronounced dead after being transportedto a nearby hospital.

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