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The manager of a Southern California bicycle shop …………………. (say) customers and staff …………………. (come) within inches of dying when an 85-year-old grandmother's car ……………………… (drive) into the store on Thursday.
The elderly driver …………………. (tell) authorities she …………………. (hit) the accelerator instead of the brake while …………………. (park) in a handicapped spot in front of Rock N' Road Cyclery in Mission Viejo, Orange County Sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino …………………. (say) yesterday.
As the Cadillac Deville …………………. (smash) through the front window, customers …………………. (have) a split second to move out of the way.
CCTV footage of the incident …………………. (show) a woman on crutches who just …………………. (manage) to dive on top of the cashier counter to escape serious harm as the vehicle …………………. (rush) past.
The vehicle …………………. (come) to a stop when it …………………. (crash) into the shop's back wall.
Amazingly, no one ....................... (be) seriously injured as debris …………………. (go) flying. Two people …………………. (be) struck by glass and a third person …………………. (suffer) a knee injury. The driver …………………. (be not hurt).
John Bain who …………………. (manage) the shop …………………. (say) 3 customers and 5 workers …………………. (be) in the store. He …………………. (estimate) the car …………………. (go) 65 kmph and …………………. (miss) some employees by inches.
Mr Bain said the car …………………. (blow) smoke everywhere and even …………………. (melt) the floor (photo)
"It …………………. (be) weird, it …………………. (be) like a thunder. It …………………. (be) so loud. The car …………………. (hit) rack after rack. You …………………. (hear) every single impact. A lot of it …………………. (be) our powdered nutritional product so there …………………. (be) puffs of smoke – it …………………. (be) crazy.'
He said the woman …………………. (appear) confused and ……………….. …………………. (not think or react) properly.
'She was completely stone-faced,' he …………………. (tell) the police. 'No emotion whatsoever. We …………………. (try) to get her out of the car but she …………………. (be) concerned about …………………. (get) her purse more than anything else. I think she …………………. (be) just confused and in shock.'
The damage …………………. (cost) tens of thousands of dollars to repair. The store …………………. (install) a new reinforced handicapped sign to stop a repeat happening.
The driver …………………. (not arrest) and her name …………………. (not release).
Souvenir: The car left behind its Cadillac symbol
