No one injured after vehicle crashes into laundromat in El Paso's Lower Valley

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An elderly customer reportedly hit the gas pedal instead of the brake pedal and crashed into Laundry USA, 850 N. Carolina Drive, Space 1, in the Lower Valley at 12:55 p.m. Wednesday. No one was injured in the accident.
An elderly customer reportedly hit the gas pedal instead of the brake pedal and crashed into Laundry USA, 850 N. Carolina Drive, Space 1, in the Lower Valley at 12:55 p.m. Wednesday. No one was injured in the accident.

A car crashing through the wall of a Lower Valley laundromat didn’t stop the washers and dryers from spinning.

The owners said an 86-year-old regular customer planning to wash at the laundromat told them he accidentally hit the gas pedal instead of the brake, sending his vehicle into the business.

The accident happened around 12:55 p.m. Wednesday at Laundry USA, 850 N. Carolina Drive, Space 1.

Photos by co-owner Juan M. Barroso show the vehicle’s front end crashed through a doorway.

A customer reportedly hit the gas pedal instead of the brake pedal and crashed into Laundry USA, 850 N. Carolina Drive, Space 1, in the Lower Valley at 12:55 p.m. Wednesday.
A customer reportedly hit the gas pedal instead of the brake pedal and crashed into Laundry USA, 850 N. Carolina Drive, Space 1, in the Lower Valley at 12:55 p.m. Wednesday.

The damaged area was boarded up, but business continued through a side entrance and another door on the same side as the damaged main entrance.

No one was injured in the accident, the laundromat's owners said.

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The front end of a vehicle is shown inside a Lower Valley laundromat. An elderly customer reportedly hit the gas pedal instead of the brake pedal and crashed into Laundry USA, 850 N. Carolina Drive, Space 1, in the Lower Valley at 12:55 p.m. Wednesday.
The front end of a vehicle is shown inside a Lower Valley laundromat. An elderly customer reportedly hit the gas pedal instead of the brake pedal and crashed into Laundry USA, 850 N. Carolina Drive, Space 1, in the Lower Valley at 12:55 p.m. Wednesday.

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