Updated
Updated · ktvo.com · Jun 8
84-Year-Old Driver Crashes Into Casey's Store in Missouri, Damaging Front Door
Updated
Updated · ktvo.com · Jun 8

84-Year-Old Driver Crashes Into Casey's Store in Missouri, Damaging Front Door

2 articles · Updated · ktvo.com · Jun 8

Summary

  • Around 9:30 a.m. Monday, a car slammed into Casey's General Store on East Briggs Drive in Macon, Missouri, shattering a front door's glass and damaging bricks on the lower exterior wall.
  • Macon police said an 84-year-old Bevier man caused the crash after his foot got stuck between the brake and accelerator, sending the vehicle forward into the building.
  • Good Samaritans helped the driver out before emergency crews arrived, and medical personnel checked him at the scene as a precaution.
  • No pedestrians, store occupants or the driver were injured, limiting the incident to property damage.

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