Car crosses 2 lanes of traffic, hits another car

BEAVER COUNTY, Pa. — A car reversed through two lanes of busy traffic in Beaver on Friday before going up onto a curb and hitting another car.

Beaver police said the 90-year-old World War II veteran told them he hit the gas instead of the brake. He took out cars and a tree and landed very close to two businesses.

Katie St. Esprit, a witness, ran over to help pull the man out of the car. She said he was confused.

Police said he was parked, gunned it across two lanes of busy traffic at the lunch hour, hit a car, jumped the curb and his vehicle spun around.

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Samantha Krupp and her two children were shopping for a gift inside a local store and all of a sudden saw the car coming straight at them.

“I heard screeching and I saw a tree and a vehicle coming right at us in the window. My son was in the window at the time, so I immediately started screaming for him to get back.”

The cars, the tree and the debris right at the storefront kept customers inside for a while.

Nobody was injured.

Police say if the driver wants to get behind the wheel again, he'll have to retake his driver's test.

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