A 50-year-old Arlington woman was injured Aug. 30 after a car lurched forward, hitting the front of Trader's Joe's in Arlington Heights and pinning her, Arlington police reported. Keum Hwang was struck after Adrienne Tashjian, 83, of 15 W. Chardon Road, Winchester, was attempting to park her 2008 Cadillac, and she accidentally pressed the gas pedal instead of the brake, police said. As a result, her vehicle lurched forward, striking Hwang at about 5:35 p.m.

Officer Steve Porciello was the first on scene, having responded from the bike path that runs behind the store. On observing the victim pinned behind the car, Porciello immediately directed the dispatcher to start an ambulance to that location. Hwang was transported to Lahey Clinic, Burlington, where the extent of her injuries remains unknown.

Hwang's husband told police that while they were entering the store, his wife walked back out of the store to get a shopping carriage and was struck. "A few seconds later, he heard a loud crash and saw a vehicle partially inside the store," the police report says.

Because the vehicle crashed into building, the store needed to close while the damage was repaired, but it then reopened.

The Trader Joe's manager estimated damage at $30,000.

Firefighters at the scene determined that the building was structurally safe.

Porciello cited Tashjian for operating to endanger, and a citation was mailed to her home. 

He also faxed an immediate threat form to the Registry of Motor Vehicles. If the Registry deems a driver to be such a threat, the person's license can be suspended pending a hearing.

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