Livingston Crash Update: Driver May Have Mistaken Gas For Brake

LIVINGSTON, NJ — Livingston police have released additional details about a car crash that took place at a local gym last week.

According to the Livingston Police Department, officers responded to the Crunch Fitness location at 585 West Mt. Pleasant Avenue around 11 a.m. on May 29 after a driver crashed into the building with her car.

Photos taken at the scene shows a 2013 Acura RDX inside the building with its front end smashed and covered in debris. The gym temporarily closed in the wake of the crash, and reopened two days later.

The driver – an 83-year-old Essex Fells resident – told officers that she hit the brake prior to the crash but the car wouldn’t stop. Further investigation showed that she may have mistaken the gas pedal for the brake pedal, police said.

The driver suffered a foot injury and was taken to Mountainside Hospital in Montclair for treatment.

A bystander who was inside the business at the time complained of dizziness and being light-headed and was transported to Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, police said.

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