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Woman's Brakes Fail, Crashes Into Store

Posted at 3:08 PM, Jun 04, 2018
and last updated 2018-06-04 16:08:58-04

A woman's brakes allegedly went out when she was parking at a Clarksville Family Dollar, forcing her to crash into the store.

According to Clarksville Police officials, a woman in her 60s was driving her Ford Explorer when she pulled into the parking lot from Madison Street.

She told officers she tried to apply the brakes but for an unknown reason, the vehicle would not stop and crashed into the building.  

There were customers inside at the time of the crash, but no one was injured.  The driver was checked out by EMS but was also uninjured.  

The crash damage to the interior and exterior of the building.