A Lehighton man who crashed his pickup truck into Country Tile in South Tamaqua told police he blacked out before the 4:23 p.m. Sunday accident.

Tamaqua police said Robert G. Piepmeyer Jr., of German Road, was traveling north on Route 309 when he drove across all lanes of travel. His vehicle hit several railroad ties, and crossed a parking lot before it struck the south side of Country Tile.

Police said the vehicle fully entered the building before coming to rest.

Two witnesses said they were traveling behind Piepmeyer and told officers he was driving normally until he crossed the highway. They told police that they didn’t see brake lights.

Police said Piepmeyer was sitting in the passenger side of the vehicle. He told police he remembered coughing and then blacking out. The impact pushed him to the side, and he was complaining of pain in his left hip and leg.

Police said medics asked Piepmeyer if he had anything to drink, and he said he had a few beers hours earlier at his home.

He was taken by helicopter to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest.

The Tamaqua Fire Department and Tamaqua Fire Police assisted. The vehicle was removed by Hope’s Towing.

No charges have been filed as of Tuesday.

Country Tile posted on its Facebook page that the business will “regretfully will be closed until further notice, to cleanup due to an unfortunate accident.”

Customers who need to reach the company for pickups or questions about an order should call 570-778-3510.

“We would like to thank all the emergency workers who arrived on the scene and to all our friends and customers for your support now and through the past 45 years,” the company posted.