JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A vehicle crashed into a medical practice in St. Augustine on Friday afternoon.
A media representative for Flagler Health says the location where the car drove into is a leased space and another medical practice is currently leasing it.
There was only one person inside at the time of the crash and they were not injured. The driver wasn't hurt either.
“Everything that could’ve happened really well in a bad situation happened," Erin Wallner, Administrator of Marketing Communications for Flagler Health, said. "There was no one in the lobby at the time she went straight through the windows, rather than into the columns. For a really bad situation, we couldn’t have asked for anything better," Wallner said.
The St. Johns Fire and Rescue Department confirmed the vehicle hit the structure but there was no major structural damage.
SJSO says the driver was a woman in her 40s who mistook the gas pedal for the brake and drove into the building.
The driver will not be charged for the incident but was given a ticket for driving "too fast for conditions," according to the sheriff's office.
Cindy Leonard said she was at the nail salon in the shopping plaza when it happened. She came out to check on her car which was right in front of the building hit, but it wasn't damaged.
"We were just making sure the lady was ok because ambulance and fire were here," Leonard said. “I know she was nervous she was shaking a lot.”
