Rekke said no one was hurt in the incident - although both the driver and the tenant who occupies the flat above the shop are “very shaken” by the accident.
“I’ve spoken to the driver and, made sure he was okay, like I say, a little shaken up and certainly in shock but not injured, you know, physically, which is good and, and to what I could see, probably not much damage to his truck either.”
As for the business, she said they have to “hurry up and wait” to see whether they can operate safely again. Rekke is awaiting reports from structural engineers, but said they had been given clearance to go in and collect some items this morning.
“We stay closed until further notice until such time as we can open the front door and try again.”
She said the Covid lockdown had taught the business how to think outside the box on trade, and was optimistic the shop would be okay.
“So if people went on to our Facebook page, we can trade like we used to do during Covid lockdown. If Covid lockdown taught us anything, it taught us how to think outside the square as far as trading.”
She was extremely grateful for the support of the community and said she had been inundated with people coming up and consoling her all morning.
“Locals are coming up and the business community have already reached out as well - we’ve already had an offer of another premises if we needed to keep going and things like that.”
