Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

26 injured when woman crashes truck into grocery store

Updated Saturday, March 1, 2014 | 7:50 p.m.

Click to enlarge photo

A man surveys the damage Saturday afternoon after a woman crashed a pickup truck into the Food 4 Less grocery store at Eastern and Sahara avenues.

An elderly woman driving a pickup truck reportedly lost control of the vehicle and sent it plowing into a grocery store this afternoon, injuring 26 people.

Lt. Ken Romane said the woman crashed the truck into a store at Eastern and Sahara avenues just before 3 p.m.

Seventeen people who were hurt were treated at the scene for minor injuries, and an additional nine were rushed to area hospitals. Romane said none of the injuries was life-threatening.

Two of the hospitalized people were described as juveniles.

No other details were available Saturday afternoon.

Join the Discussion:

Check this out for a full explanation of our conversion to the LiveFyre commenting system and instructions on how to sign up for an account.

Full comments policy