Bridgewater, MA: Bridgewater bakery reopens after trailer truck crash on Monday, July 27th 2015

Hours after a trailer truck plowed into the front of a Bridgewater bakery, employees were back inside Monday night, firing up the ovens to prepare Tuesday’s batch of cupcakes.“We had a lot of phone calls asking if we were open, if we were okay. It’s been nice,” said Lisa Lundin, the owner of Just Desserts, located at 1 Main St., Bridgewater.The accident occurred at about 2:30 p.m. on Monday while the truck was attempting to make a right turn from Broad Street onto Main Street.The driver of the truck, Thomas Howe, 48, of Ofallon, Illinois, told police that as he was making the turn a car passed him on his left, forcing him to swerve to the right and cut the turn short.Lt. Thomas Schlatz said that a witness was able to corroborate that the truck had been cut off by another vehicle. He added that Howe was not cited in the accident.When Bridgewater Police and Fire personnel arrived at the scene, the truck was leaning against the building - which was closed and unoccupied at the time of the accident - with its passenger tires suspended off the ground.No injuries were reported as a result of the incident, but the front of the building sustained significant damage. A window was shattered, wood was ripped from the walls and a steel support beam was dislodged from its base.Despite the damage to the building, Michael White, the town’s building inspector, said on Monday that the structure was safe.On Tuesday afternoon, bakers shared the building with a construction worker as he finished boarding up a hole that had been left by the accident.Lundin added that the boarded up wall will be a temporary fix until the building owner makes arrangements with the insurance company for a more permanent solution.In the meantime, Lundin said that she was thankful for the outpouring of support she received from police officers, firefighters, construction workers and residents in the wake of the accident.“Everyone in town has been awesome,” Lundin said.

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Bridgewater bakery reopens after trailer truck crash