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Grandma Pulls Caddy into Handicapped Space, Crashes into Bike Shop Instead

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An 85-year-old woman pulled into a handicapped parking space in front of a Mission Viejo bicycle shop on Tuesday and decided to enter the shop in her 2001 Cadillac Deville. Instead of hitting the brake, her foot bumped the gas and sent the vehicle through a plate glass window and into the shop before striking a back wall.

Though no major injuries were reported, two people inside of the busy Rock N' Road Cyclery were struck by glass. A third person endured a minor knee injury. “I think people were pretty shaken up over the whole thing,” said Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Marc Stone, according to The OC Register. “People were pretty shocked that there weren’t major injuries," he added.

The driver and her granddaughter, who was riding passenger, were not injured, and no arrests were made.

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  • Up_Against_The_Law

    Give her a bike and take away her car.

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