Driver accidentally crashes car into Springfield convenience store

A woman (pictured at right) waits in the back seat of her car for a police officer to fill out a report after she accidentally crashed her car at the Kwik Pantry convenience store at Chestnut Expressway and Patterson Avenue this morning.

The woman had stopped at the store for a cup of coffee when her foot slipped off the brake and hit the accelerator, knocking down a wall and soda display inside the store.

"I've heard of people doing this and thought, 'how stupid,'" she said. "It's embarassing."

Kwik Pantry manager Peggy Price said the store will be closed until an inspector surveys the damage, but she is still able to sell gas. Price anticipates the store will fully reopen this afternoon.