Car crashes into Napanee building, elderly woman charged

An elderly woman has been charged after a car crashed into another vehicle and then into a building in Napanee on Tuesday.

Emergency crews were called to the crash on Dundas Street East shortly after noon.

Police say a woman had been trying to back into a parking spot when she accidentally hit the the gas pedal instead of the brakes, sending her car crashing into another vehicle and then through the front window of a nearby business.

The woman, who was alone in the car at the time of the crash, was not injured.

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Police closed Dundas Street East between John Street and Centre Street while emergency crews worked to clear the scene.

An 87-year-old woman from Odessa has been charged with careless driving.