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Car Crashes Into Palm Coast Publix
Date: 4/16/2012 Album ID: 1452275
At 1:24 p.m. on Saturday afternoon, April 14, a loud explosion of shattered glass rocked the Publix at 4950 Belle Terre Parkway in Palm Coast as a car plowed through the exit doors before crashing into walls and checkout lanes and injuring 10 Palm Coast residents, including an 83-year-old man who was pinned underneath the vehicle.
Thelma Wagenhoffer of Palm Coast is escorted to a waiting Florida Highway Patrol vehicle by Trooper Dan Schlosser after she drove her car an estimated 125 feet into the Publix grocery store on Belle Terre Parkway near Palm Coast Parkway on Saturday, injuring 10 people, two of them seriously. (David Massey)
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Publix management inspect the exterior of the store in Palm Coast, Sunday, April 15, 2012. At approximately 1:24 p.m. Saturday, Thelma Wagenhoffer drove her car 125 feet into the store injuring 10 people, two of them seriously. (David Massey)
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Thelma Wagenhoffer, 76, of Palm Coast is escorted to a waiting Florida Highway Patrol vehicle by Trooper Dan Schlosser after she drove her car an estimated 125 feet into the Publix grocery store on Belle Terre Parkway, near Palm Coast Parkway, Saturday. (David Massey
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Crews work to clean up debris after a woman drove her car an estimated 125 feet into the Publix grocery store on Belle Terre Parkway, near Palm Coast Parkway, Saturday. (David Massey)
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A scene of chaos ensued after a woman drove her car through the front door and into the Publix on Belle Terre Parkway, near Palm Coast Parkway, at approximately 1:24 p.m. Saturday. (David Massey)
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The Publix on Belle Terre Parkway, near Palm Coast Parkway, is closed down after a woman drove her car through the front door and into the middle of the store at approximately 1:24 p.m. Saturday. (David Massey
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A 2004 Toyota Camry is lifted onto a tow truck after it was removed from the Publix on Belle Terre Parkway, near Palm Coast Parkway, Saturday. (David Massey
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Shoppers exit the store through the new temporary wood doors at the Publix Food and Pharmacy in Palm Coast on Sunday, April 15, 2012. (David Massey)
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Shoppers exit the store through the new temporary wood doors at the Publix Food and Pharmacy in Palm Coast on Sunday, April 15, 2012.  (David Massey)
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Shoppers exit the store through the new temporary wood doors at the Publix Food and Pharmacy in Palm Coast on Sunday, April 15, 2012.  (David Massey)
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Construction crews bring in drywall as repairs continue to the Publix on Belle Terre Parkway on April 16, 2012. (David Massey)
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Construction crews bring in drywall as repairs continue to the Publix on Belle Terre Parkway on April 16, 2012. (David Massey)
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Screen grab from Publix security camera just before a car came crashing through front door Saturday, April 14, 2012.
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Screen grab from Publix security camera of car crashing through front door Saturday, April 14, 2012.
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Screen grab from Publix security camera of car crashing through front door Saturday, April 14, 2012.
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Screen grab from Publix security camera of car crashing through front door Saturday, April 14, 2012.
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Screen grab from Publix security camera of car being raised to rescue victim underneath Saturday, April 14, 2012.
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Lasaunda Hampton, 33, of Palm Coast. and 3-month-old Tyshawn Davis recuperating Tuesday, April 17, 2012, after being injured in the crash at the Publix on Saturday. (Steven Notaras)
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