Car Slams Into Ridgewood Whole Foods, Driver Hospitalized: Police

RIDGEWOOD, NJ — An Audi Q5 smashed through the front entrance of a Whole Foods Market, shattering the glass door and damaging the exterior wall, photos of the scene showed.

The driver of the SUV, a 73-year-old Mahwah woman, was hospitalized for evaluation and treatment, after she had accidentally hit the gas and plowed through the front of the Ridgewood grocery store on Tuesday, village police chief Jacqueline Luthcke said.

The driver — who was trying to park near the store entrance — may have had some sort of medical issue when she mistakenly hit the accelerator, the chief said.

The woman's vehicle was towed, and she was issued summonses for careless driving and having an unregistered vehicle, police said.

The building was deemed safe, and the area was blocked off, police said.

Although another woman was near the entrance at the time of the crash, she was able to get out of the way and was not injured, police added.