An angry man rammed his pickup truck through an Oklahoma hotel lobby and into the front desk as two women dove for safety at the last second, according to video obtained by NBC News.
The incident occurred Thursday in the town of Alva, about 110 miles northwest of Oklahoma City. No one was injured, but the lobby of the Alva Comfort Inn and Suites was damaged, NBC News reported.
The video, provided to NBC News by the hotel’s manager, shows the driver of the 2006 Sierra GMC talking with a police officer outside the hotel entrance. It then shows him slam the truck into drive and race through the front entrance and into the front desk.
John Edward Parsley, 62, of Gonzalez, Texas, was held on $1 million bond Monday night on two felony counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and one count of malicious injury to property worth more than $1,000, according to court records. According to local newspaper Enid News & Eagle, he was upset that his credit card was declined twice and had to pay cash.
