actually, decent insurance DOES cover lost income from something like this.

Best wishes to all involved.

Dear Crimestoppers, how about talking to the driver. I'll bet he has some information. more cowbell

Wow what an informative post. I bet the DPD didn't think of that. FYI...this kind of story always has that kind of closing statement. You can NEVER have to much information when investigating a crime of any kind. Let's hope the driver (probably drunk driver) recovers to explain why he needed to "park" inside this business.

I didn't realize that this car crash had such tremendous impact on the American psyche and way of life.

Woe be unto the American people.

Amen, toughtiger. Couldn't have said better myself. I feel bad for the storeowner.

If you have a business, do you not have insurance? I would certainly hope so.

Why is this business receiving tax money? Does the City of Durham give all beauty supply stores $11,000....... affirmativediversity

What a totally dumb statement. This is how lies start. One isinformed individual tells a nother misinformed and before you know it, a story that NEVER happened all of a sudden has significant heallines. Did you even bother to read the article? If you can't run with the big dogs intelligently, then remain on the porch.

Luckily, most salons are closed on Mondays, so hopefully that will limit the impact on the amount of business lost. As for the $11,000 grant, as a former small business owner, I have no problem with it at all. I never received any grant money, but may still be in business if I had. In the overall scheme of things, that's a pretty small amount of money. I would much rather have my tax money go to aiding a small business as opposed to some other things they use tax money for. Small, locally owned businesses put more money into the LOCAL economy, no matter what kind of business it is. They create and keep jobs here and fund city services through sales tax. I'm willing to bet a successful, local business will pay back that grant amount and then some, whether through taxes or through providing jobs and contributing to more spending.....kornfan2448

Good post, but many won't have a clue as to what you said as is evidenced by some of the comments.

@ affirmativediversity -- I feel the same way about big oil and their subsidies, or agricorp, or defense contractors, or utility companies, or mining/gas interests, or private homes built on barrier islands in gated communities... the list goes on.

It's not a beauty salon, it's a beauty supply store. Big difference.

If you could buy beauty in a store you wouldnt need to drive a truck through the window.

Thank god that it was just a store that this fool plowed into.

wrecks 'American dream'... This is just the headline were WRAL was "TRYING" to be clever, never heard the owner's say it wrecked their dream. She seemed very positive in her interview. Just like the headline about the Duke LaCross Accuser - WRAL's words.

"If you have a business, do you not have insurance? I would certainly hope so." -- computer trainer

You really think insurance is going to make them whole from the losses they've sustained? They're sure as heck not breaking even or coming out ahead on this unless there's some super secret magical insurance out there that only you know about.

Oh my gosh! I just noticed the name of the store!

That's great. I bet the driver was a little tipsy and they saw that absurd business name and just starting cracking up and lost control.

I hope they rebuild and open with an even sillier non-word name. hair there- come on in, tortoise v. the hair, etc. hmm?

Anyone else think this was a failed smash n' grab?

"The American Dream is no longer here it's now the illegal immigrants steal this from them reality."

¿Que?

Mattcli- there is insurance that covers every aspect of this accident. There's nothing secret about. Talk to an agent if you'd like to learn more. the more you know... [star shoots across screen, fade to black]

There is a thing called Insurance. Hard to understand, why Durham gives away $11,000 for this? And then raises taxes...Go figure. Some things I do not understand, maybe I am old..

Uhavenoclu - "The American Dream is no longer here it's now the illegal immigrants steal this from them reality."

Huh? This is "word salad".

This is not news worth reporting

"Assault cars", big, heavy, and capable of extremely high speeds. If we would just ban these "assault cars", these accidents would go away...

i'll be glad when this story is bumped from the main page! that headline gives me a headache!!

What are these people thinking who drink and drive? They should get a stiff penalty.

The WRAL tv reporter says the city gave her the money to spruce up or renovate the interior of the building that she leases or rents. Seems like a money maker for "some" on tax payers back.

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