Video Shows Car Crashing Through Convenience Store, Pinning Customer

SEFFNER, FL — A 37-year-old man is facing charges after Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies said he drove his car through the glass doors of a gas station convenience store and struck a customer, pinning him against a cooler in the store.

Dramatic surveillance video shows the Kia Forte driven by Anthony Katosh crashing through the Travel Centers of America convenience store at 11706 Tampa Gateway Blvd. in Seffner on June 20 at 12:24 a.m.

Deputies said Katosh was driving at a high rate of speed when he crashed into the convenience store and pinned a customer between the driver's door and the metal frame of the cooler.

Both the driver and victim were taken to Tampa General Hospital with injuries that weren't life-threatening.

"The footage of the car smashing through this business and straight into a victim is jarring, to say the least," said Sheriff Chad Chronister. "It is an absolute miracle that the person pinned by the car did not sustain more serious injuries, and we're glad to hear he will be OK."

Katosh was charged with criminal mischief of $1,000 or more.