UPDATE: 1 dead, 14 hurt after SUV crashes into Las Cruces store
UPDATE: EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — One person is dead after an SUV crashed into a Savers store in Las Cruces on Tuesday morning, April 30, a Las Cruces Police spokesman said.
Fourteen other people were injured, police said.
The incident happened at about 10 a.m. when a Ford Explorer hit the store at 2340 N. Main St., a police spokesman said. Police said the vehicle crashed through the glass and aluminum facade near the self-checkout and veered right as it passed through the store.
The vehicle came to a rest near the southeast corner of the store’s showroom, police said.
The 69-year-old driver of the Explorer, the only occupant of the vehicle, was not injured, but later sought medical help on her own, police said.
Of the 15 people who were initially injured, 10 were transported to local medical facilities. One of those who was transported to a hospital later died. Police have identified the person who died as 67-year-old Pamela Kaye Nelson.
Five people who were injured declined to be transported.
Ages of the injured ranged from 30 to 90. No other details on the extent of their injuries are available.
Two of the injured were employees of Savers, while 13 were customers.
Police say the driver, who who has not been identified yet, mistakenly pressed on the accelerator instead of the brake as she pulled into a parking space in front of the store. The vehicle then jumped the curb and crashed into the store, police said.
The investigation is ongoing.
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