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Man Who Crashed Into Starbucks In Warren Mistook Gas Pedal For Brake: Cops

There were no reported injuries.

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WARREN, NJ ā€” A car crashed into and through a wall of a Starbucks in Warren on Friday morning.

"Thankfully no one was injured. Witnessed car come through wall at the Starbucks in Warren," said Monica Rodriguez Llanes, who was at the location at 4 Mt. Bethel Road in the Warren Village Center, at the time of the crash.

The crash happened around 9:30 a.m. when a 77-year-old man from Watchung appears to have hit the gas instead of the brake when he was parking, said Warren Police Lt. Paul Dziedzic.

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The crash caused some structural damage, said Dziedzic.

"Thankfully there were no injuries," said Dziedzic.

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No other information is available at this time.

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