Crime & Safety
PHOTOS: Car Crashes Through Encinitas Storefront
The accident led to an arrest on suspicion of drunken driving and child endangerment.
on a woman who was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving and child endangerment after she caused a parked car to crash through the front of , a store that sells medical supplies for caregivers.
Today, store owner Arlene Stephenson sent photos of the accident, which happened around 3 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 24.
The accident remains under investigation, according to Sgt. Mark O'Connor of the Encinitas Sheriff's station.
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The woman, whose identity has not been confirmed, was driving a vehicle that turned into a shopping center at 425 Santa Fe Drive and struck a parked car, O'Connor said. The woman's vehicle accelerated for an unknown reason, pushing the parked car through a window at the front of the store.
No one was hurt and the store remains open, but the woman was subsequently arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, O'Connor said. Because a child was in the vehicle as well, she was also arrested on suspicion of child endangerment, he said.
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