BOULDER, Colo.—Authorities say an 89-year-old driver who drove her Lincoln Continental into a Boulder County post office and injured four people mistook the gas pedal for the brake.
Police say Gloria Sawyer was trying to park Tuesday when she drove through a plate-glass window at the Valmont Station. Sawyer’s car hit four postal customers in a crowded lobby before the car stopped just short of the counter. Two people were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, and two others suffered minor injuries.
The Daily Camera newspaper reports ( ) that Sawyer was not injured but was visibly shaken and crying when she was helped from her car. She was ticketed for careless driving resulting in injury, and she will be asked to retake the driver’s test.
The post office is closed temporarily.
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Information from: Daily Camera,
