No serious injuries after truck strikes trash can, cars, building downtown

Part of Petersburg's downtown was closed for nearly an hour on Jan. 9.

Just after 7 p.m., George Marlow was waiting for a ride home from work at the IGA grocery store when he witnessed a black truck make a U-turn at the north end of Main Street. That's when, he said, the truck rammed into a trash can on the sidewalk.

"Nearly got me right there," Marlow said. "He hit the garbage can, he seen me standing there and he just got on it ... way too fast."

Heading south, the truck smashed into a parked white SUV on the same block.

It was Jessica Guggenbickler's car. She had just finished working an ei...