Brockton

Car crashes into Brockton laundromat

Fire officials shared an image of a car halfway through a shattered window in the front of the store, having apparently jumped the curb from the parking lot

A car that crashed into a laundromat in Brockton, Massachusetts, on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024.
Brockton Fire Department

A car that crashed into a laundromat in Brockton, Massachusetts, on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024.

A car smashed into the front of a laundromat in Brockton, Massachusetts, on Thursday.

No one was hurt when the sedan crashed on Crescent Street by Crescent Avenue around 12:30 p.m., according to police.

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The Brockton Fire Department shared an image of a car halfway through a shattered window in the front of the store, having apparently jumped the curb from the parking lot. Police say the 77-year-old driver thought she was in reverse when she hit the gas pedal, accelerating into the building. A bottle had also gotten stuck under the pedal, according to police.

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The owner of the Crescent Laundromat said a few customers were inside at the time but in a different side of the business, and no one was hurt.

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