Crime & Safety

BREAKING: Driver Plows Sedan into Dublin Goodwill Store

Officials say the driver mistook the gas and brake pedals on a sedan.

A driver crashed into a Goodwill store in Dublin this afternoon, damaging the store but injuring no one, an Alameda County fire spokeswoman said. The driver mistook the gas and brake pedals on a sedan and plowed into the store, located at 7232 Regional St., at 2:41 p.m., fire spokeswoman Aisha Knowles said.

The car knocked down a part of the wall and damaged merchandise, including glassware and furniture. Neither the driver nor anyone in the store was injured, Knowles said.

On Nov. 4, a 44-year-old man said he accidentally hit the gas pedal when he crashed into a Hercules restaurant, according to police.

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Last month, a 70-year-old driver was trapped inside her car after crashing into a vacant building in a San Ramon shopping center and another driver was injured after her car crashed into Primary Eyecare Optometrics in Castro Valley. In Livermore, an 80-year-old woman mistook the gas pedal for the brake accelerated into a gym hitting an exercise classroom, fatally injuring Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory executive Kathy Baker and injuring five others.

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