Driver falls asleep behind the wheel, crashes into Pine Level church building

A pickup truck plowed into a Pine Level church building late Saturday night, leaving a mess of crumbled bricks behind.

The driver told WRAL News he fell asleep behind the wheel on the way home to Garner after a long day of deep-sea fishing off the North Carolina coast.

The driver crashed into the front of Ignite Bible Fellowship Church, located at 3243 U.S. Highway 70. The crash damaged the church secretary's office.

Jerry Killebrew, the pastor, was thankful the driver was not injured.

"It can be repaired, a life can't," Killebrew said. "So we're just grateful and praise the Lord that the guy walked away from it. He's gonna be fine."

Sunday service will take place at its normally scheduled time of 10:30 a.m., the pastor said.

"We might have to have it out back, but we'll have it," the pastor said.