Vehicle, without driver, crashes into business in Incline Village
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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — An empty vehicle crashed into NuLeaf Lake Tahoe on Tuesday afternoon.
According to the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office, a driver parked her vehicle in the Christmas Tree Village parking lot. While they aren’t sure of the details, the driver had either left her car in neutral or something went wrong in the car.
It started rolling backwards, it crossed State Route 28, went perfectly between two boulders and crashed into NuLeaf.
“You wouldn’t believe it unless you saw video footage of it,” said WCSO Captain Corey Solferino.
He continued to say that although the car traveled a short distance, the hill was steep enough for the car to pick up speed.
The driver of the car was struck and was transported from the scene.
There was one person working in the office area at NuLeaf, near where the vehicle entered, but fortunately was not injured.
Correction: This story has been updated to show there was a person working at the time of the crash.
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