An 80-year-old woman avoided serious injury Tuesday (April 8) after nearly being hit by a car while shopping in a CVS pharmacy store.
After a small accident in the parking lot of the CVS, 84-year-old Margaret Underwood inexplicably drove her slightly damaged car through the front door of the pharmacy.
Inside of the store, 80-year-old Adrienne Watkins was at the front counter looking at items. Watkins bent over to reach for an item she had dropped and as she leaned down to retrieve the item, the car crashed through the door destroying the counter and narrowly missing Watkins.
"[I was] looking at some candy, which I shouldn't have been, so I guess God was telling me, 'don't do it,'" she said.
The CVS associate Stormy Fulcomer rushed over after he heard a loud bang. He saw Watkins lying on the floor and heard the car engine revving with the wheels still spinning. After he secured Watkins in a safe location, he opened the door assisting Underwood out of the car and ensuring the vehicle was off.
"God was with me, that's all I can say," she said.
Watkins was taken to Winter Haven Hospital where she was treated for cuts and bruises.
Damage to the store is estimated at $65,000 and Underwood was cited for Improper Backing and Careless Driving