October 2, 2007

Anyone wanna make the call?

This is sad and funny at the same time. Despite it being a ridiculous reason(shopping, especially under the influence) for driving fast, it was a female driver, haha.
Car racing for parking spot smashes into store

BELLEVUE, Washington -- A driver rushing to beat someone else to a parking spot slammed into a department store Friday night, injuring a 14-year-old girl inside the building, police said.

The girl was being treated at Overlake Hospital for scrapes and bruises, police Cpl. Marcia Harnden said, while the driver, a 37-year-old woman from Bellevue, was arrested for investigation of driving under the influence. "She was just racing to get in and beat the other person to the parking spot," Harnden said. "She said she stepped on the accelerator and she just couldn't get herself stopped after that."

The car smashed through the automatic sliding glass doors of a T.J. Maxx store and took out several clothing racks. It came to a stop 20 yards inside the store.

The driver exhibited "obvious signs of impairment," but not from alcohol, Harnden said. Toxicology results were not expected for at least a month.

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