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Crash takes out gas pump in Alpharetta

A gas pump at an Alpharetta QuikTrip was knocked over after a crash involving two SUVs, police said. (Credit: Alpharetta Department of Public Safety)
A gas pump at an Alpharetta QuikTrip was knocked over after a crash involving two SUVs, police said. (Credit: Alpharetta Department of Public Safety)
By Steve Burns
Feb 10, 2017

Police and fire are working a serious crash involving two SUVs at an Alpharetta QuikTrip gas station.

Pictures posted on the Alpharetta Department of Public Safety’s Facebook page showed a gas pump that had been knocked on its side at the Old Milton Parkway location.

“Sometimes weird things happen,” police said in the Facebook post. “Poor gas pump!”

Information about possible injuries was not available.

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