Business is back to normal for a Sioux Falls retailer after a man arrested for drunk driving crashed into it early this morning. Safety officials secured the building enough to allow people back inside.

"I was like oh, my gosh,” Manager Paul Schroeder said.

Around 1 a.m. Monday, a Dodge Ram pickup truck was heading south on Minnesota Avenue, then suddenly veered into the northbound lanes, jumped the curb, and slammed into the Second Wind Exercise equipment store. As soon as crews arrived, they called the manager at home.

"Asked me to open it up, so they could get in and secure our building, so it wouldn't fall in. Next thing I knew, 10 minutes later they're done,” Schroeder said.

Manager Paul Schroeder says Sioux Falls Fire Rescue had two trucks and about a dozen firefighters stabilizing this doorway with lumber. He's just grateful the damage was limited to one side of the building.

It's too early for any estimates on the damage, but managers say a handful of equipment was ruined when the truck drove through the door.

Schroeder says their efforts kept the building from collapsing and causing even more damage.

"Very good service, I didn't know firefighters could run hammers that well,” Schroeder said.

The crews on scene were members of the Sioux Falls Fire Rescue's structural collapse team.

"They'll secure the building, and then they can call instructional engineers to say, is this building safe or not, for occupancy. That's going to be a key thing, to make sure that building's safe. [Then] it'll be turned over to the owner,” Jim Sideras with Sioux Falls Fire Rescue said.

Sideras says the team is trained on how to keep buildings from shifting or caving in. They are also trained on how to rescue trapped persons inside. In this case, the store wasn't open, and that made it easier to get the job done.

"They did an excellent job, it was fast,” Schroeder said

Even though construction crews are out today, this newly remodeled store, is open, and ready for business.

The driver, 56-year-old Leo Devaney, was the only person in the truck. Devaney was treated for a minor injury, and then arrested for driving under the influence.