PHOENIX — Two people are being treated at a hospital after a vehicle crashed into a store in Phoenix Monday afternoon.
Around 4 p.m., Phoenix police officers were called to dd's DISCOUNTS located near 33rd Avenue and Indian School Road for reports of a car into a building.
Police say a man driving a car was involved in a crash in the parking lot. After the crash, the man drove away but then crashed into the front of the store and continued through the building until it crashed into the back wall.
During the incident, a customer was hit while inside the store. She was taken to a hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.
ABC15 spoke to employees who returned to the store Tuesday.
“It’s a shock for everyone,” said Dora Gonzalez, in Spanish.
Gonzalez says she still can’t believe what she saw when she walked into work.
She and her husband have owned a business, across the way from the affected dd’s DISCOUNTS store for the last 10 years.
“I’ve never seen something so traumatic here,” Gonzalez told ABC15.
Gonzalez’s husband was working when the crash happened.
He says he heard two loud bangs. Then, as he looked toward dd’s DISCOUNTS, he saw people running out.
“You could see that they were crying. I’d imagine because they were scared,” said Gonzalez.
The driver of the vehicle was also taken to a hospital for minor injuries.
Police say impairment is believed to be a factor in the series of events.
“Imagine if that would have been me who was there. It’s frightening,” said Marissa Sotomayor.
Sotomayor tells us she comes to this store often and is just thankful she wasn’t there that day.
“I hope the person who was hit recovers,” said Sotomayor.
An investigation remains underway.
