'Car went flying': Shopper injured after elderly driver ploughs through shopfront
A female shopper is lucky to be alive after an out-of-control car ploughed through a shop front in Port Adelaide on Thursday.
An 83-year-old driver, reversing at speed, smashed through the Discount Store, sending shoppers diving for safety.
Emergency crews treated the injured woman as stunned witnesses tried to comprehend what went wrong.
"Some people had to dive out of the way, to get out," distraught worker Lisa Wright said.
“Just out of nowhere the car went flying through the store,” an off-duty nurse told 7 News.
Brenda Stevens was also sent flying back the incident and later described just how quickly the horrific scenes unfolded.
"I just heard screaming and I saw the car reversing really really fast," Ms Stevens said.
The drama unfolded just after midday when the shop was its busiest with witnesses left gob smacked at just how fast she ploughed through the front of the store.
The senior driver was left unscathed by the accident and was escorted from the chemist by paramedics.
“It was just as if she put her foot on the accelerator and just drove straight back... no stopping, just flat to the floor,” witness Sharon Tedore said.
Two women were injured including a 62-year-old North Haven resident who was shopping with her husband when she copped the full force of the accident and dragged several metres.
“Due to her age we are holding grave concerns for her,” a police officer said.
Witnesses said the car squeezed between two other parked cars and through a walkway before smashing into the shop.
Police said they are still piecing together exactly what happened.
