Crime & Safety
Woman Drives Jeep Into Dunkin' Donuts in Southbury: Report
It was a close call for patrons and employees of the business.

SOUTHBURY, CT — Frances Szmit, 79, of New Hampshire was issued a verbal warning for unsafe movement after her Jeep crashed into a Main Street South Dunkin' Donuts window last Thursday, the Republican-American reports.
A Dunkin' Donuts official told the Rep-Am that no one was injured and the business briefly closed to make repairs. Police say the woman's "foot slipped off the brake pedal" when she attempted to park, the Rep-Am reports.
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