The gate of Shijima Chinese Restaurant was destroyed by an 80-year-old woman's car

An 85-year-old woman mistakenly used the throttle as a brake on the 9th and crashed into a Chinese restaurant on Staten Island, causing the restaurant to suffer losses and remained unable to operate until the afternoon of the same day. But what was surprising was that when the vehicle that caused the accident hit at full speed, a pedestrian who was passing by was less than 5 feet away from the car, "I was shaking, but I was fine." The pedestrian was glad he had escaped.

It is reported that the accident occurred at about 8:10 a.m. on the 9th, and the incident occurred at the Green Garden at 752 Forest Ave on Staten Island. According to a spokesperson for the Municipal Fire Department, after the firefighters who received the report arrived at the scene, they found that a Nissan SUV car crashed into the main entrance of The Crest, and a pedestrian at the scene panicked, saying that she was almost injured in the process.

According to the woman, she was passing in front of the restaurant with a cup of coffee when she was surprised to see an SUV speeding up and crashing into the restaurant, less than 5 feet away from the car. "She was going full speed, right in front of me, and crashed into the storefront," the pedestrian said, "I'm shaking, but I'm okay." ”

According to police, the 85-year-old driver who caused the accident was driving a 2012 Nissan SUV preparing to stop that day, mistook the accelerator as a brake, and crashed into the main entrance of the Crest Chinese Restaurant. The driver who caused the accident did not drunk driving at the time of the crime, so the police did not arrest the driver and did not file any charges.

According to witnesses, the driver who caused the accident left the scene with what appeared to be her family. The pedestrianwoman said she saw the driver sitting behind the wheel with a look of disbelief at what was happening in front of her.

According to the restaurant manager Chen, the glass of the restaurant door was completely destroyed, the insulation material hanging on the ceiling was also damaged, and by nearly 5 p.m. that afternoon, the restaurant was still under maintenance and could not operate. Manager Chen also said that such incidents had also occurred in the commercial block before, and the grocery store next door was hit by an out-of-control vehicle. This is the first time in many years that the restaurant has encountered this accident, fortunately no one was injured, but the restaurant lost a lot of money, and it is expected to cost 20,000 or 30,000 yuan for maintenance alone. Manager Chen hopes that the restaurant will resume providing takeaway services that night to recover the loss as much as possible.