SUV driver runs into Sunriver Marketplace post office; no injuries reported

(Update: Adding video and comments from workers)

Third crash into building

SUNRIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) -- A woman who accidentally hit the gas crashed her SUV into the wall of the post office at the Sunriver Marketplace on Cottonwood Road Wednesday afternoon, but fortunately no injuries were reported.

Sunriver Police Sgt. Stephen Lopez said police and fire crews responded to the scene around 2:20 p.m. and found a woman in her 70s accidentally hit the gas, instead of the brake, and the SUV struck the front face of the store, in the area of the contract post office, causing only property damage.

People in the store were shaken, but no one was hurt. Everyone made it out okay, which was good news for this worker, who said material items are only that -- items.

Cashier Murtha Stephen said, "I'm just glad everybody was okay. Her, her passenger, workers, and employees. Everybody is safe and okay. You can replace a car, but you can't replace a life."

And a store manager said it wasn't the first time this has happened -- in fact, this was the third car to crash into the building. The other crashes were in the deli area and by the men's restroom.

"I was at the register helping a guest and a customer, and I heard the loud noise and felt a little bit of a shaking," evening supervisor Tracy Derwey. "So first thought was something had fallen over, like the big middle shelves that we have in there or something.

"It continued to rumble, so second thought might have been an earthquake," she said.