Crime & Safety
SEE IT: Driver Backs Into Subway Shop In Astoria, Says NYPD
The driver was trying to move her car forward when she accidentally barreled into the shop's front glass window, according to the police.
ASTORIA, QUEENS — A driver smashed into a Subway shop on Tuesday night after accidentally putting her car in reverse instead of drive, according to the NYPD.
On the evening of Sept. 7, around 8:45 p.m., police responded to a reported car accident at the LaGuardia Shopping Center in Ditmars Steinway.
When they arrived, cops found a Toyota SUV partially lodged in the front glass window of a Subway, located at 43-16 Ditmars Boulevard, the NYPD said.
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The driver, a 24-year-old woman, said that she was trying to move her car forward, but accidentally put it in reverse and barreled into the store window, police reported.
Videos taken at the Subway Tuesday night show more than a dozen police officials gathered outside the shop, looking at the SUV lodged in the window.
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Despite significant damage to the store's window, there were no reported injuries from the crash, according to the NYPD.
Police also didn't issue any summons for the accident, the NYPD said.
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