A 58-year-old woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries when she was struck by a vehicle that turned a Dollar Tree store into a drive-thru. The woman received injuries to a leg and was transported to an area hospital following the Sunday afternoon crash at the Dollar Tree store at 2190 N. Main St. The crash was reported shortly before 1 p.m.
Las Cruces Police learned that a 52-year-old Organ, N.M., man was in a 2000 Mercury sedan and attempting to reverse from a parking spot. Instead the vehicle surged forward, jumped a curb and crashed through the storefront.
The woman injured was inside the store at the time of the crash. The driver of the vehicle was not injured.
No citations have been issued at this time.
Information from Las Cruces Police