Car Plows Through Sunnyvale Safeway

An elderly driver crashed through the front of a Safeway store on South Bernardo Avenue in Sunnyvale on May 15 while trying to park, according to the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety. The car traveled about 70 feet inside the store before stopping in the floral department, authorities said. One customer was taken to a hospital with cuts and bruises, while the driver and a passenger were not injured, officials said. The crash left a path of debris through the store and prompted an investigation into how the vehicle entered the building. ### How far did the car go inside the store? Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety said the vehicle continued roughly 70 feet after breaking through the front of the Safeway. The car came to rest in the store’s floral department, according to officials and local news reports that cited the department’s account. KRON reported the vehicle was a Honda Accord. (cbsnews.com) The station said customers were inside the store when the car crossed into the building and stopped among flower displays. ### Who was hurt in the crash? One customer suffered what officials described as minor injuries and was taken to a hospital for further care, the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety said. (cbsnews.com) CBS News Bay Area and NBC Bay Area both reported that the person had cuts and bruises. The driver and a passenger were not injured, according to authorities. (kron4.com) Officials identified the driver only as an elderly man. ### Where did this happen in Sunnyvale? The Safeway involved is on South Bernardo Avenue in Sunnyvale, according to the Department of Public Safety. News reports did not list a street number, but each cited the same South Bernardo Avenue location provided by officials. (cbsnews.com) Sunnyvale’s Department of Public Safety is the city’s integrated public safety agency, combining police, fire and emergency medical functions, according to the city’s website. (cbsnews.com) That department has been the named agency handling public information about the crash. ### What do officials say caused it? May 15 is the date officials gave for the crash, and they said the driver was attempting to park when the vehicle went through the wall of the store. (cbsnews.com) Authorities have not publicly announced any evidence of a deliberate act, and the accounts reviewed describe the incident as a parking attempt gone wrong. (sunnyvale.ca.gov) CBS News Bay Area said the Department of Public Safety described the driver only as an elderly man. No citation, arrest or additional enforcement action was listed in the reports reviewed. ### What happens next at the store and in the investigation? Sunnyvale officials said the crash is under investigation. Crews were left to clean up the damaged store interior after the car’s path through the entrance and into the floral section, according to reports citing the department. (local12.com) The city’s press materials list Captain Dzanh Le as the Department of Public Safety media contact for follow-up inquiries. (cbsnews.com) Any update on the cause, store repairs or possible enforcement action is likely to come from Sunnyvale officials or Safeway representatives as the investigation continues. (sunnyvale.ca.gov) (kron4.com)