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No injuries when car crashed into Dollar General

Firefighters believe the driver accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake.

No one was hurt when a car crashed through the front window of a Knoxville Dollar General store.

According to the Knoxville Fire Department, the driver was an elderly woman who likely hit the gas instead of the brake.

No one was hurt when a car crashed into a Knoxville Dollar General store.

Workers at the store, located at 725 Western Avenue, said the store is usually packed on Monday afternoons, but they weren't that busy when the crash happened.

The car broke the window, a brick wall, and knocked over a few shelves.

Captain DJ Corcoran said these accidents are pretty common. The fire department usually responds to two or three similar incidents every year.

Car removed from Dollar General store.

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