3 injured after car drives into Mililani Foodland
CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
The Foodland grocery store in the Mililani Shopping Center was closed after a car drove through its front doors on Saturday, July 22.
UPDATE 4:50 p.m.
The Foodland store in Mililani will reopen Sunday at 6 a.m., a company representative said.
After a car crashed through the front entrance of the store this morning, the company closed the store while it assessed the damage to the building.
Its reopening falls in line with its normal business hours, according to the Foodland website.
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Three people were injured Saturday when a car smashed through the front entrance of the Foodland grocery store at Mililani Shopping Center.
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Honolulu Emergency Medical Services said it responded to the center’s address at 95-221 Kipapa Drive at about 10:09 a.m.
When they arrived, paramedics found a seriously injured 92-year-old woman, as well as an 80-year-old man and 60-year-old woman who both suffered minor injuries.
Paramedics treated the driver of the vehicle and a person inside the building before both were taken to a hospital. The third injured person refused treatment, EMS said.
EMS did not specify which of the three individuals was driving the car at the time of the collision.
A Foodland spokesperson said in a statement, “it appeared that no one was seriously hurt.”
“We are grateful that no other customers in the store were hurt,” the statement said.
The store was closed following the crash and will remain closed while the damage to the checkout area and the front of the store is assessed.
