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A car crashed into a household goods shop in Machang Bubok, Bukit Mertajam, at about 9.30am on Tuesday (Nov 3), pinning a 64-year-old woman against a wall, Sin Chew Daily reports.

The 70-year-old driver said his foot slipped from the brake onto the accelerator as he parked.

Police are investigating.

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00:03A routine parking manoeuvre turned dangerous in Bukit Mertajam Tuesday morning when a car
00:09ploughed into a shop and pinned a woman against the wall.
00:13Sinchu Daily reported that the incident happened at about 9.30am in Macangbubok.
00:19The 70-year-old driver says he had been waiting for his wife, who was seeing a doctor.
00:24After more than an hour, he moved the car to an empty space in front of the shop.
00:30However, his foot slipped from the brake onto the accelerator and the car shot forward into the shop.
00:36A 64-year-old customer standing near the entrance was pinned between the car and the wall.
00:42The shop employee signalled the driver to reverse so she could get free.
00:56The woman, who suffered a broken foot, was taken to a private hospital by ambulance accompanied
01:03by her sister.
01:04Police are investigating the incident.

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