Edhat Staff
By the edhat staff
A vehicle crashed into a thrift store on Hollister Ave injuring two employees inside on Saturday afternoon.
At 2:20 p.m., Santa Barbara County Firefighters responded to the United Family Thrift Store at 5156 Hollister Ave in Goleta’s Magnolia Shopping Center.
Crews discovered a sedan had crashed into the front windows of the store causing minor injuries to the two female employees inside.
The female driver was uninjured, according to County Fire spokesperson Mike Eliason.
Firefighters are awaiting building inspectors to assess damage to structure.
The cause of the collision is under investigation.
Photo: SBCFD
OMG!!! We were there TWO times this week scooping up bargains. That easily could have been us getting run over by this driver. I have said many times, “It’s only a matter of time before someone gets hurt at this place because there are absolutely no curbs (well, there is a two/three inch curb).” About three months ago, some crazed driver in a Mini Cooper (canary yellow to boot!) smashed into Ralph’s. Watch out people when you are walking in front of storefronts as people are pulling in/out of parking spots. Come to think of it, in the past several years there have been a number of these “smash-ins”: Plaza Liquors on DLV, Ralph’s (now Grocery Outlet) and Presto Pasta TWICE in the same shopping center, CVS on Calle Real, Liquor Store next to the taco/burger place a few blocks beyond Costco, FedEx on Calle Real, Ace Hardware at Fairview Shopping Center, Carlito’s at State /Arlington, and on and on. We were soooooooo lucky that we did not end up in the hospital….or….in a BOX. Yikes!!!!!
Are you saying that this is a new smash and grab thing, not accidents? Will display windows need to be taken out or bars put in? Yikes. Is the landscape of SouthCentral LA where we are headed?
They’re doing this at Chanel in Beverly Hills! Was on the news in LA
They’re doing this at Chanel in Beverly Hills! Was on the news in LA