Okotoks business owner Bryce Schutte recalls the moment a car plowed through the front of his store as just a blur and a loud bang.
It happened just before 1:30 p.m. on April 29 at Phonephix in Village Lane.
Seconds after a customer had left the store, the car collided with the wall, which collapsed into the store.
Security footage shows Schutte’s wife sitting at a desk very close to where the car struck, and can be seen in the footage wheeling her office chair away from the wall, unaware of the car’s approach.
The caved-in wall fell just short of striking her in the head. Had she not moved at that moment, she likely would have been hit.
“I just heard her scream and just jumped up real quick to see what was going on,” recalls Schutte. “But it’s kind of a blur, just a big sound.”
Schutte himself, …