Vehicle crashes into UPS store on Bloomington's east side

Laura Lane, The Herald-Times
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An UPS Store employee helps a customer outside the store late Friday morning after a vehicle ran into the storefront, causing major damage.
An UPS Store employee helps a customer outside the store late Friday morning after a vehicle ran into the storefront, causing major damage.

A woman driving a 2014 Honda van crashed into the front of The UPS Store on College Mall Road late Friday morning. No one was hurt, but the storefront was destroyed .

The accident happened just before noon. According to information from Bloomington Police Department Lt. Lucas Tate, the 58-year-old driver said that as she pulled up to the front of the building, "her vehicle accelerated and when she applied the brake she could not stop."

The van was towed from the scene. Tate said there was no suspicion of driver impairment.

The business is at 885 S. College Mall Road in The Shoppes, near Jackson Creek shopping center. The onsite manager said the site will be closed until repairs can be made.

UPS Store employees are seen inside the store Friday after a vehicle ran into the front of the storefront that morning.
UPS Store employees are seen inside the store Friday after a vehicle ran into the front of the storefront that morning.
UPS Store employees are seen working after a vehicle destroyed the storefront late Friday morning at The Shoppes on Bloomington's east side.
UPS Store employees are seen working after a vehicle destroyed the storefront late Friday morning at The Shoppes on Bloomington's east side.

This article originally appeared on The Herald-Times: Vehicle crashes into UPS storefront