Deadly car crash wrecks Glick’s
GLICK'S Bakery in Bentleigh will be closed indefinitely after a car smashed into a neighbouring shop and exploded in the early hours of Friday morning (August 14).
DALIA SABLE
GLICKS’S Bakery in Bentleigh will be closed until at least late next week after a car smashed into a neighbouring shop and exploded in the early hours of Friday morning.
Glick’s general manager Nathan Glick told The AJN he received a call from his baker at 2am informing him of the accident, which left the facade of the iconic bakery destroyed, and significant smoke damage within.
“The amount of damage here looks like an airplane came through the window,” Glick told The AJN.
The driver of the vehicle died at the scene at about 1.50am after his car crashed through five shopfronts in Centre Road before hitting a power line and exploding.
The driver was first spotted by speeding by Victoria Police 10 kilometres from the accident scene and was reported to be driving at 150 kilometres per hour, 90km above the speed limit. The police did not give chase because of the dangerous speed.
Other Glick’s stores as well as at Coles supermarket in Bentleigh are carrying more stock over the next few days to cater for the clientele from Bentleigh.
Health authorities have examined the shop, an estimated $5000 of stock at the premises had to be destroyed and measures will be taken to rebuild the facade with Glick’s planning to reopen ahead of next Shabbat.
In addition to Glick’s, a jeweller and two cafes suffered structural damage.
Friday morning is the busiest time of the week for Glick’s ahead of Shabbat, with the Bentleigh store catering for the fastest-growing Jewish area in Melbourne.
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